Piechowice
Piechowice is a town in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. As of 2024, the town has a population of 5,725. It is 54th largest city in voivedeship.- Type: Town with 5,950 residents
- Description: city and urban gmina of Poland
- Also known as: “Petersdorf”
- Neighbors: Špindlerův Mlýn and Szklarska Poręba
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Anthony of Padua church in Piechowice and Chojnik Castle.
Chojnik Castle
Chojnik Castle is a castle located above the town of Sobieszów, today part of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland. Its remains stand on top of the Chojnik hill within the Karkonosze National Park, overlooking the Jelenia Góra valley. Chojnik Castle is situated 3½ km southeast of Piechowice.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pakoszów (Piechowice) and Michałowice.
Piechowice
- Categories: urban municipality of Poland and locality
- Location: Piechowice, Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.84948° or 50° 50′ 58″ north
Longitude
15.59761° or 15° 35′ 51″ east
Population
5,950
Elevation
380 metres (1,247 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PL PIE
Open location code
9F2QRHXX+Q2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Piechowice” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Piechowice”
- Belarusian: “Пехавіцы”
- Catalan: “Piechowice”
- Cebuano: “Piechowice”
- Chechen: “Пеховице”
- Chinese: “Piechowice”
- Chinese: “佩霍維采”
- Chinese: “佩霍维采”
- Czech: “Piechowice”
- Danish: “Piechowice”
- Dutch: “Piechowice”
- Esperanto: “Piechowice”
- Estonian: “Piechowice”
- French: “Piechowice”
- German: “Petersdorf”
- German: “Piechowice”
- Italian: “Piechowice”
- Javanese: “Piechowice”
- Korean: “피에호비체”
- Latvian: “Pehovice”
- Latvian: “Piechowice”
- Malay: “Piechowice”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Piechowice”
- Persian: “پیخوویتسه”
- Polish: “Piechowice”
- Portuguese: “Piechowice”
- Romanian: “Piechowice”
- Russian: “Пеховице”
- Serbian: “Пјеховице”
- Silesian: “Pjechowicy”
- Slovak: “Piechowice”
- Slovenian: “Piechowice”
- South Azerbaijani: “پیخوویتسه”
- Spanish: “Piechowice”
- Swedish: “Piechowice”
- Tatar: “Пеховитсе”
- Turkish: “Piechowice”
- Ukrainian: “Пеховиці”
- Ukrainian: “Пеховіце”
- Ukrainian: “Пєховіце”
- Vietnamese: “Piechowice”
- Waray (Philippines): “Piechowice”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna w Piechowicach and Szklany Ogród.
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