Oleśnica
Oleśnica is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, within the Wrocław metropolitan area. It is the administrative seat of Oleśnica County and also of the rural district of Gmina Oleśnica, although it is not part of the territory of the latter, the town being an urban gmina in its own right.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 35,900 residents
- Description: town and urban gmina of Poland
- Also known as: “Oels”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, Oleśnica and Holy Trinity church in Oleśnica.
Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, Oleśnica
Church
Photo: SMilejski, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
The Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, formerly the Castle Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Oleśnica West deanery within the Archdiocese of Wrocław.
Orthodox Church of the Holy Virgin Mary and St. George in Oleśnica
Church
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smardzów and Jenkowice.
Smardzów
Village
Smardzów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Smardzów is situated 3½ km west of Oleśnica.
Jenkowice
Village
Jenkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Jenkowice is situated 4½ km northwest of Oleśnica.
Nieciszów
Village
Nieciszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Nieciszów is situated 5 km southwest of Oleśnica.
Oleśnica
- Categories: urban municipality of Poland and locality
- Location: Oleśnica, Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.20953° or 51° 12′ 34″ northLongitude
17.38046° or 17° 22′ 50″ eastPopulation
35,900Elevation
153 metres (502 feet)United Nations Location Code
PL OLEOpen location code
9F3V695J+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 259598892OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Oleśnica” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Oleśnica”
- Basque: “Oleśnica”
- Belarusian: “Алясніца”
- Belarusian: “Алясьніца”
- Belarusian: “Эльс”
- Bulgarian: “Ёлс”
- Bulgarian: “Олешница”
- Catalan: “Oels”
- Catalan: “Oleśnica”
- Cebuano: “Oleśnica”
- Chechen: “Олесница”
- Chinese: “Oleśnica”
- Chinese: “奥莱希尼察”
- Chinese: “奧萊希尼察”
- Croatian: “Oels”
- Czech: “Oels”
- Czech: “Oleśnica”
- Czech: “Olešnice”
- Danish: “Olesnica”
- Danish: “Oleśnica”
- Dutch: “Oels”
- Dutch: “Oleśnica”
- Dutch: “Ols”
- Dutch: “Öls”
- Esperanto: “Oels”
- Esperanto: “Oleśnica”
- Estonian: “Oels”
- Estonian: “Oleśnica”
- Finnish: “Oleśnica”
- French: “Œls”
- French: “Oleśnica”
- French: “Öls”
- Georgian: “ოლესნიცა”
- German: “Oels”
- German: “Olesnica”
- German: “Oleśnica”
- German: “Olesznica”
- Greek: “Ολεσνίτσα”
- Hebrew: “אולשניצה”
- Hungarian: “Oleśnica”
- Indonesian: “Olesnica”
- Indonesian: “Oleśnica”
- Italian: “Oels”
- Italian: “Oleśnica”
- Japanese: “オーラウ”
- Japanese: “オレシニツァ”
- Japanese: “オレシニッツァ”
- Javanese: “Oleśnica”
- Kölsch: “Elza”
- Kölsch: “Oels”
- Korean: “올레시니차”
- Latin: “Olsna”
- Latin: “Olsnae”
- Latvian: “Elsa”
- Latvian: “Ēlza”
- Latvian: “Oels”
- Latvian: “Olesņica”
- Latvian: “Oleśnica”
- Latvian: “Oļesņica”
- Lithuanian: “Oels”
- Lithuanian: “Olesnica”
- Low German: “Oels”
- Malay: “Oleśnica”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oleśnica”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oleśnica”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Oleśnica”
- Persian: “اولشنگتسا”
- Polish: “Oels”
- Polish: “Oleśnica”
- Portuguese: “Oels”
- Portuguese: “Oleśnica”
- Romanian: “Olesnica”
- Romanian: “Oleśnica”
- Russian: “Ёлс”
- Russian: “Олесница”
- Serbian: “Олесњица”
- Silesian: “Uoleśńica”
- Slovak: “Oels”
- Slovak: “Oleśnica”
- Slovenian: “Oleśnica”
- Spanish: “Oels”
- Spanish: “Oleśnica”
- Swedish: “Oels”
- Swedish: “Oleśnica”
- Swiss German: “Oels”
- Tatar: “Олечнитса”
- Turkish: “Oleśnica”
- Ukrainian: “Ёлс”
- Ukrainian: “Олесниця”
- Ukrainian: “Олесьниця”
- Ukrainian: “Олешниця”
- Ukrainian: “Олєсьниця”
- Upper Sorbian: “Oleśnica”
- Vietnamese: “Oleśnica”
- Waray (Philippines): “Oleśnica”
- “Oleśnica”
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