Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Jelenia Góra County
Kowary

Kowary

Kowary is a town in , , in south-western , with a population of around 11,000. The town is famed for its sanatoriums and a miniature park displaying architectural monuments of the Lower Silesian region.
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  • Type: Town with 10,200 residents
  • Description: city and urban gmina of Poland
  • Also known as: “Krzyżatka” and “Schmiedeberg in Schlesien”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Name of Mary church in Kowary and Wołowa Góra.

Church
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Peak
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is a peak, which is situated 3 km southwest of Kowary.

Castle
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is a castle, which is situated 3½ km north of Kowary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kostrzyca and Bukowiec.

Village
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is a village in the administrative district of , within Jelenia Góra County, , in south-western Poland. is situated 3½ km northwest of Kowary.

Village
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is a village in the administrative district of , within Jelenia Góra County, , in south-western Poland. is situated 3½ km north of Kowary.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 4 km southwest of Kowary.

Kowary

Latitude
50.79375° or 50° 47′ 38″ north
Longitude
15.83382° or 15° 50′ 2″ east
Population
10,200
Elevation
463 metres (1,519 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PL KWA
Open location code
9F2QQRVM+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 418569492
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3094934
Wiki­data ID
Q985656
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Kowary” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kowary”
  • Belarusian: “Кавары”
  • Bulgarian: “Ковари”
  • Bulgarian: “Шмидеберг”
  • Catalan: “Kowary”
  • Catalan: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Cebuano: “Kowary”
  • Chechen: “Ковары”
  • Chinese: “Kowary”
  • Chinese: “科瓦雷”
  • Croatian: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Czech: “Kowary”
  • Czech: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Danish: “Kowary”
  • Dutch: “Kowary”
  • Dutch: “Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge”
  • Dutch: “Schmiedeberg in het Reuzengebergte”
  • Dutch: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Esperanto: “Kowary”
  • Esperanto: “Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge”
  • Esperanto: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Estonian: “Kowary”
  • Estonian: “Schmiedeberg”
  • French: “Kowary”
  • French: “Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge”
  • French: “Schmiedeberg”
  • German: “Kowary”
  • German: “Schmiedeberg i. Riesengebirge”
  • German: “Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge”
  • German: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Hebrew: “קווארי”
  • Hungarian: “Kowary”
  • Italian: “Kowary”
  • Italian: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Japanese: “コヴァルィ”
  • Javanese: “Kowary”
  • Kölsch: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Kölsch: “Schmiedebersch”
  • Latvian: “Kovari”
  • Latvian: “Kowary”
  • Latvian: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Latvian: “Šmīdeberga”
  • Lithuanian: “Šmydeberga”
  • Low German: “Schmiedeberch”
  • Low German: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Malay: “Kowary”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kowary”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kowary”
  • Norwegian: “Kowary”
  • Persian: “کوواره”
  • Polish: “Kowary”
  • Polish: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Portuguese: “Kowary”
  • Portuguese: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Romanian: “Kowary”
  • Russian: “Ковары”
  • Russian: “Шмидеберг”
  • Scots: “Kowary”
  • Serbian: “Kowary”
  • Serbian: “Ковари”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kowary”
  • Silesian: “Kowary”
  • Slovak: “Kowary”
  • Slovak: “Schmiedeberg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوواره”
  • Spanish: “Kowary”
  • Spanish: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Swedish: “Kowary”
  • Swedish: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Swiss German: “Schmiedeberg”
  • Tatar: “Ковары”
  • Turkish: “Kowary”
  • Ukrainian: “Ковари”
  • Ukrainian: “Шмидеберг”
  • Vietnamese: “Kowary”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kowary”

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