Wierzchowice
Wierzchowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krośnice, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were Jewish women transported from the Auschwitz concentration camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 670 residents
- Description: village in Gmina Krosnice, Poland
- Also known as: “Wierzchowice, Milicz County”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wierzchowice train stop.
Wierzchowice train stop
Railway stop
Photo: MOs810, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wierzchowice train stop is a railway stop, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Wierzchowice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gmina Krośnice and Miłochowice.
Gmina Krośnice
Village
Krośnice is a village in Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Krośnice.
Miłochowice
Village
Photo: Murli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miłochowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milicz, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Miłochowice is situated 3½ km west of Wierzchowice.
Pierstnica Mała
Hamlet
Pierstnica Mała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krośnice, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Pierstnica Mała is situated 5 km south of Wierzchowice.
Wierzchowice
- Categories: village of Poland and locality
- Location: Gmina Krośnice, Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.48224° or 51° 28′ 56″ northLongitude
17.33274° or 17° 19′ 58″ eastPopulation
670Elevation
165 metres (541 feet)Open location code
9F3VF8JM+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 31783796OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3082118Wikidata ID
Q7999295
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Wierzchowice” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Wierzchowice”
- Chechen: “Вежховице (Милицкан повет)”
- Chechen: “Вежховице”
- Chinese: “Wierzchowice”
- Czech: “Wierzchowice”
- French: “Wierzchowice”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wierzchowice (Milicz Kūn)”
- Polish: “Wierzchowice”
- Tatar: “Вежховице (Милицкий повяты)”
- Tatar: “Вежховице”
- Turkish: “Wierzchowice”
- Ukrainian: “Вежховиці”
- Ukrainian: “Вежховіце”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna w Wierzchowicach and Kościół pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wierzchowice”. Photo: SMilejski, CC BY 3.0.