Chwałki
Chwałki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Obrazów, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 6 km east of Obrazów, 5 km north-west of Sandomierz, and 80 km east of the regional capital Kielce.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 850 residents
- Description: village in Świętokrzyskie, Poland
- Also known as: “Chwalki” and “Chwałki, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandomierz Castle and Dominican Church and Convent of St. James, Sandomierz.
Sandomierz Castle
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sandomierz Royal Castle is a medieval structure in Sandomierz, Poland. It was built on a slope of Vistula River by Casimir III the Great and extended in the 16th century. Sandomierz Castle is situated 3 km southeast of Chwałki.
Dominican Church and Convent of St. James, Sandomierz
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Church of St. James in Sandomierz, also known as the Shrine of Blessed Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs, Monastery of Dominicans, Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, is one of the oldest brick churches in Poland and the second oldest Dominican monastery in Poland. Dominican Church and Convent of St. James, Sandomierz is situated 3 km southeast of Chwałki.
Sandomierz Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandomierz Town Hall – a building raised shortly after the Lithuanian Invasion in 1349. Formerly Gothic, the town hall had an octagonal tower. The southern side, being the oldest was built at the turning point of the fourteenth and fifteenth-century. Sandomierz Town Hall is situated 3 km southeast of Chwałki.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kobierniki and Sucharzów.
Kobierniki
Village
Kobierniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Samborzec, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.
Sucharzów
Village
Sucharzów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Obrazów, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 9 km east of Obrazów, 4 km north of Sandomierz, and 82 km east of the regional capital Kielce.
Milczany
Village
Milczany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Samborzec, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.
Chwałki
- Categories: village of Poland and locality
- Location: Gmina Obrazów, Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.70032° or 50° 42′ 1″ northLongitude
21.72375° or 21° 43′ 26″ eastPopulation
850Elevation
185 metres (607 feet)Open location code
9G23PP2F+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 2668673265OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
774267Wikidata ID
Q5118474
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Chwałki” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Chwałki”
- Cebuano: “Chwałki”
- Chechen: “Хвалки (Свентокшискан воеводалла)”
- Chechen: “Хвалки”
- Chinese: “Chwałki”
- Czech: “Chwałki”
- French: “Chwałki”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chwałki (Świętokrzyskie Séng)”
- Persian: “خواوکی (استان اشویداشکسیه)”
- Persian: “خواوکی”
- Polish: “Chwałki”
- Tatar: “Хвалки (Свентокшиж воеводалыгы)”
- Tatar: “Хвалки”
- Turkish: “Chwałki”
- Ukrainian: “Хвалкі”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chwałki Dolne and Obwodnica.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parafia Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego and Soviet soldiers ‘ war cemetery.
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