Owczary

Owczary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sękowa, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. In Owczary is buried the Polish resistance fighter, Maria Kotarba.

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Type: Village with 242 residents
Description: village in Gmina Sękowa, Gorlice County
Also known as: “Owczary, Gorlice County”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary and World War I Cemetery nr 70 in Owczary.

Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary

Church

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Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church in Owczary is a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Owczary from the seventeenth century, which together with different tserkvas is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine.

World War I Cemetery nr 70 in Owczary

Cemetery

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Saints Philip and James Church, Sękowa

Church

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Saints Philip and James Church is a Gothic, wooden church in the village of Sękowa from the 15th century. Together with different churches it is designated as the UNESCO Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland. Saints Philip and James Church, Sękowa is situated 4 km north of Owczary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sękowa and Siary.

Sękowa

Village

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Sękowa is a historic village in southern Poland first incorporated by an edict issued on February 22, 1363, by King Kazimierz Wielki. The village is the site of St. Sękowa is situated 3 km northeast of Owczary.

Siary

Village

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Siary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sękowa, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. Siary is situated 3½ km north of Owczary.