Owczary

Owczary is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern , close to the border with . In Owczary is buried the Polish resistance fighter, Maria Kotarba.
Wikipedia
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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.

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.

Cemetery
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Peak
Photo: Kura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak, which is situated 3 km northwest of Owczary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sękowa and Siary.

Village
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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. is situated 3 km northeast of Owczary.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern , close to the border with . is situated 3½ km north of Owczary.

Village
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY 3.0.
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern , close to the border with . is situated 4 km southwest of Owczary.

Owczary

Latitude
49.59649° or 49° 35′ 47″ north
Longitude
21.17061° or 21° 10′ 14″ east
Population
242
Elevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)
Open location code
8GX3H5WC+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 692609574
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
762781
Wiki­data ID
Q3156948
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Owczary” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Owczary”
  • Chechen: “Овчари (Горлицкан повет)”
  • Chechen: “Овчари”
  • Chinese: “Owczary”
  • Czech: “Owczary”
  • French: “Owczary”
  • German: “Owczary”
  • Greek: “Οφτσάρι”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Owczary (Gorlice Kūn)”
  • Persian: “اووچاره”
  • Polish: “Owczary”
  • Polish: “Rychwałd”
  • Russian: “Owczary”
  • Russian: “Rychwałd”
  • Russian: “Овчары”
  • Russian: “Рихвалд”
  • Rusyn: “Рихвалд”
  • Rusyn: “Рыхвалд”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اووچاره”
  • Tatar: “Овчари (Горлицкий повяты)”
  • Tatar: “Овчари”
  • Turkish: “Owczary”
  • Ukrainian: “Овчари”
  • Ukrainian: “Рихвалд”
  • Ukrainian: “Рихвальд”

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