UÃ Âcie Solne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
The name of the village is tied to its location, at the mouth of the Raba, where it flows into the Vistula (Polish word "ujà Âcie" or "uà Âcie" means "river mouth"). The adjective Solne refers to salt, as for centuries, the river port at Uà Âcie served salt mines from Bochnia. Uà Âcie Solne received town charter from King Kazimierz Wielki, on May 18, 1360. Most likely, however, it had been a town before that date, and Kazimierz Wielki only confirmed the already existing charter, changing it from obsolete Sroda Slaska rights to the more modern Magdeburg rights
After 1360, the new town of Uscie Uà Âcie was placed near Old Uà Âcie (Stare Uà Âcie), a village near the confluence of the Raba and the Vistula. Traces of earth fortification, which protected salt warehouses, are still visible. Uà Âcie Solne prospered in the second half of the 14th century, due to salt deposits, mined at Bochnia, and transported here along the Raba river. The town had a large medieval main square, as well as a town hall. Several residents of Uà Âcie Solne studied at Kraków's Jagiellonian University; three rectors of the university came from Uà Âcie (Stanislaw z Uà Âcia Jakub Papenkowicz z Uà Âcia, and Wojciech Papenkowicz).
Uà Âcie Solne remained a river port of local importance until the first partition of Poland (1772). Its slow decline, however, began during Swedish invasion of Poland (1655âÂÂ1660), when it was completely burned. Annexed by the Habsburg Empire as part of Galicia, it quickly lost its importance after the Austrians built a new Vistula river port at nearby Swiniary. During World War I, heavy fighting between Russian and Austro-Hungarian forces took place here, and the village has a military cemetery nr. 319, located near parish cemetery. Uà Âcie Solne lost its town charter in 1934.