Rychwałd
Rychwałd is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gilowice, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 km east of Żywiec and 66 km south of the regional capital Katowice.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,700 residents
- Description: village in Silesian, Poland
- Also known as: “Rychwald” and “Rychwałd, Silesian Voivodeship”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sacred Heart chapel in Rychwałd and Saint Nicholas Basilica in Rychwałd.
Sacred Heart chapel in Rychwałd
Church
Photo: Ormelka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sacred Heart chapel in Rychwałd is a church.
Saint Nicholas Basilica in Rychwałd
Church
Photo: Anna Piernikarczyk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Saint Nicholas Basilica in Rychwałd is a church.
Saint Andrew church in Gilowice
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Andrew church in Gilowice is situated 3 km northeast of Rychwałd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pewel Mała and Mutne.
Pewel Mała
Village
Photo: Kokorik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pewel Mała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świnna, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 6 km south-east of Żywiec and 68 km south of the regional capital Katowice. Pewel Mała is situated 4 km south of Rychwałd.
Mutne
Village
Mutne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleśnia, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 2 km west of Jeleśnia, 9 km south-east of Żywiec, and 70 km south of the regional capital Katowice. Mutne is situated 5 km southeast of Rychwałd.
Żywiec
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
Żywiec is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, 85 km south of Katowice. It's best known for its brewery and is a resort town, with a large lake, and winter and summer leisure activities in the nearby Beskids mountains.
Rychwałd
- Categories: village of Poland and locality
- Location: Gmina Gilowice, Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.69928° or 49° 41′ 57″ northLongitude
19.27005° or 19° 16′ 12″ eastPopulation
1,700Elevation
439 metres (1,440 feet)Open location code
8FXXM7XC+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 692604626OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3086540Wikidata ID
Q7384824
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Rychwałd” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Rychwałd”
- Cebuano: “Rychwałd”
- Chechen: “Рихвалд (Силезин воеводалла)”
- Chechen: “Рихвалд”
- Chinese: “Rychwałd”
- Czech: “Rychwałd”
- French: “Rychwałd”
- German: “Reichenwald”
- German: “Rychwałd”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rychwałd (Silesia Séng)”
- Polish: “Rychwałd”
- Tatar: “Рихвалд (Силезия воеводалыгы)”
- Tatar: “Рихвалд”
- Turkish: “Rychwałd”
- Ukrainian: “Рихвалд”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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