Reservation of hotels in Wieliczka.  Easy online reservation of a hotel in Wieliczka. Wieliczka: in Wieliczka county in the Cracovian region, known for the saltpans whose excavation was begun by the early Slavic people already in BC times. The village of Wieliczka was tied to a Benedictine monastery in Tyniec and populated by German settlers. A town since 1289 and located again on the Magdeburg law in 1356. ca. 17.000 inhabitants as of 1994.