Moszczenica
Moszczenica is a village in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Moszczenica. It lies approximately 9 kilometres north-west of Gorlice and 93 km south-east of the regional capital Kraków.- Type: Village with 3,300 residents
- Description: village in powiat gorlicki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
- Also known as: “Moszczenica, Gorlice County”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pustki and World War I Eastern Front Cemetery No. 123.
Pustki
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pustki is a peak, which is situated 3 km west of Moszczenica.
World War I Eastern Front Cemetery No. 123
Cemetery
Photo: Kacper Jerzak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
War Cemetery No. 123 – Łużna-Pustki in Łużna village, Poland, is a soldier's burial place from the time of World War I, located on the Pustki hill. Wartime cemetery No 123, established in 1918, is the location of one of the largest battles on the World War I Eastern front between the Austro-Hungarian and German armies and the Russian Army: the battle of Gorlice. World War I Eastern Front Cemetery No. 123 is situated 3 km west of Moszczenica.
World War I Cemetery nr 124 in Mszanka
Cemetery
Photo: Zetpe0202, CC BY-SA 4.0.
World War I Cemetery nr 124 in Mszanka is situated 3 km south of Moszczenica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bukowina and Mszanka.
Bukowina
Hamlet
Bukowina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Bukowina is situated 2½ km northeast of Moszczenica.
Mszanka
Village
Mszanka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łużna, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Mszanka is situated 3½ km south of Moszczenica.
Bugaj
Village
Bugaj is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Bugaj is situated 3½ km east of Moszczenica.
Moszczenica
- Categories: village of Poland and locality
- Location: Gmina Moszczenica, Gorlice County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.72613° or 49° 43′ 34″ northLongitude
21.10309° or 21° 6′ 11″ eastPopulation
3,300Elevation
299 metres (981 feet)Open location code
8GX3P4G3+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1912006679OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
764343Wikidata ID
Q10715672
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Moszczenica” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Moszczenica”
- Asturian: “Moszczenica”
- Cebuano: “Moszczenica”
- Chechen: “Мощениця (Горлицкан повет)”
- Chechen: “Мощениця”
- Chinese: “Moszczenica”
- Czech: “Moszczenica”
- Dutch: “Moszczenica”
- French: “Moszczenica”
- German: “Moszczenica”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Moszczenica (Gorlice Kūn)”
- Persian: “موشچنگتسا”
- Polish: “Moszczenica”
- Russian: “Мощеница”
- South Azerbaijani: “موشچنقتسا”
- Swedish: “Moszczenica”
- Tatar: “Мощениця (Горлицкий повяты)”
- Tatar: “Мощениця”
- Turkish: “Moszczenica”
- Ukrainian: “Мощениця”
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