Olsztyn
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- Type: Town with 2,500 residents
- Description: town in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
- Also known as: “Olshtyn” and “Olsztyn, Silesian Voivodeship”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Olsztyn Castle and Biakło.
Olsztyn Castle
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olsztyn Castle – castle ruins located in the Olsztyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, lying on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests – formerly protecting the southern border of the Kingdom of Poland.
Olsztyn. Rezerwat Sokole Góry
Nature reserve
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Olsztyn. Rezerwat Sokole Góry is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km south of Olsztyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skrajnica and Kusięta.
Skrajnica
Village
Photo: Adam Chamczyk, CC BY 3.0.
Skrajnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olsztyn, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 12 km south-east of Częstochowa and 57 km north of the regional capital Katowice.
Kusięta
Village
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Kusięta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olsztyn, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 10 km south-east of Częstochowa and 60 km north of the regional capital Katowice. Kusięta is situated 2½ km north of Olsztyn.
Przymiłowice-Kotysów
Village
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Przymiłowice-Kotysów is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Olsztyn.
Olsztyn
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Olsztyn, Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.74946° or 50° 44′ 58″ northLongitude
19.26869° or 19° 16′ 7″ eastPopulation
2,500Elevation
298 metres (978 feet)Open location code
9F2XP7X9+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 692611716OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3090104Wikidata ID
Q369699
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Olsztyn” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Olsztyn”
- Belarusian: “Ольштын (Сілезскае ваяводства)”
- Belarusian: “Ольштын”
- Cebuano: “Olsztyn”
- Chechen: “Ольштин (Силезин воеводалла)”
- Chechen: “Ольштин”
- Chinese: “Olsztyn”
- Chinese: “奥尔什丁”
- Chinese: “奧爾什丁”
- Czech: “Olsztyn”
- Dutch: “Olsztyn”
- Estonian: “Olshtyn”
- Estonian: “Olsztyn (Sileesia vojevoodkond)”
- Estonian: “Olsztyn”
- French: “Olshtyn”
- French: “Olsztyn”
- German: “Olshtyn”
- German: “Olsztyn”
- Greek: “Όλστιν (Βοεβοδάτο Σιλεσίας)”
- Japanese: “オルシュティン”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Olsztyn (Silesia Séng)”
- Persian: “اولشتن (استان سیلسیان)”
- Persian: “اولشتن”
- Polish: “Olsztyn”
- Portuguese: “Olshtyn”
- Portuguese: “Olsztyn”
- Russian: “Ольштын (Силезское воеводство)”
- Russian: “Ольштын”
- Silesian: “Olsztyn”
- Silesian: “Uolsztyn (ślůnske wojewůdztwo)”
- Slovak: “Olsztyn”
- Slovenian: “Olsztyn (Šlezijsko vojvodstvo)”
- Slovenian: “Olsztyn”
- South Azerbaijani: “اولشتن”
- Tatar: “Ольштин (Силезия воеводалыгы)”
- Tatar: “Ольштин”
- Ukrainian: “Ольштин”
- Vietnamese: “Olsztyn, Silesian Voivodeship”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Olsztyn”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kolonia Olsztyn and Miejsce Straceń.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Makieta Zamku w Olsztynie and Gminny Ośrodek Kultury.
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