Wałcz
Wałcz is a county town in Wałcz County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Granted city rights in 1303, Wałcz has become the administrative, industrial and cultural center of the Wałcz Lake District with the city itself situated on the banks of the Raduń and Zamkowe lakes.
- Type: Town with 24,200 residents
- Description: city and urban gmina of Poland
- Also known as: “Arnskrone”, “Deičkrone”, “Deutsch Crone”, “Deutsch-Krone”, “Wałc”, “Walcz”, “Дейч-Кроне”, “Дёйч-Кроне”, “ヴァウチ”, “ヴァウチュ”, “ヴァウツ”, and “バウチュ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Saint Nicholas church in Wałcz and Saint Anthony of Padua church in Wałcz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chwiram and Przybkowo.
Chwiram
Village
Chwiram is a village in the administrative district… Chwiram is situated 4½ km south of Wałcz.
Przybkowo
Village
Przybkowo is a village in the administrative district… Przybkowo is situated 5 km southeast of Wałcz.
Ostrowiec
Village
Ostrowiec is a village in the administrative district… Ostrowiec is situated 5 km northeast of Wałcz.
Wałcz
Latitude
53.26975° or 53° 16′ 11″ north
Longitude
16.46707° or 16° 28′ 1″ east
Population
24,200
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PL WAZ
Open location code
9F5R7F98+VR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Waray—“Wałcz” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Wałcz”
- Armenian: “Վալչ”
- Basque: “Wałcz”
- Belarusian: “Валч”
- Bulgarian: “Валч”
- Catalan: “Wałcz”
- Cebuano: “Wałcz (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Wałcz”
- Chechen: “Валч”
- Chinese: “瓦乌奇”
- Chinese: “瓦烏奇”
- Czech: “Wałcz”
- Danish: “Wałcz”
- Dutch: “Wałcz”
- Esperanto: “Wałcz”
- Estonian: “Wałcz”
- Finnish: “Wałcz”
- French: “Wałcz”
- German: “Deutsch Krone”
- German: “Wałcz”
- Greek: “Βάουτς”
- Hebrew: “וולץ‘”
- Italian: “Wałcz”
- Japanese: “バウチェ”
- Javanese: “Wałcz”
- Kashubian: “Wôłcz”
- Korean: “바우치”
- Latvian: “Valča”
- Lithuanian: “Valčas”
- Malay: “Wałcz”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wałcz”
- Persian: “واوچ”
- Polish: “Wałcz”
- Portuguese: “Wałcz”
- Romanian: “Wałcz”
- Russian: “Валч”
- Serbian: “Valč”
- Serbian: “Валч”
- Silesian: “Wałcz”
- Slovak: “Wałcz”
- Slovenian: “Wałcz”
- Swedish: “Wałcz”
- Tatar: “Валч”
- Turkish: “Wałcz”
- Ukrainian: “Валч”
- Urdu: “واؤچ”
- Vietnamese: “Wałcz”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wałcz”
- “Wałcz”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Centrum and Osiedle Dolne Miasto.
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Highlights: Dom zakonny Sióstr Elżbietanek and Kaplica klasztorna.
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