Wodzisław County
Wodzisław County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: powiat with 157,000 residents
- Description: powiat of Poland
- Also known as: “Powiat wodzislawski” and “powiat wodzisławski”
Places of Interest
Highlights include MOSiR Stadium and Palace in Wodzisław Śląski - Kokoszyce.
MOSiR Stadium
Stadium
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MOSiR Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Wodzisław Śląski, Poland. It is used mostly for football matches and served as the home stadium of Odra Wodzisław.
Wodzisław Castle
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The Wodzisław Castle is a historic castle and palace located in the Wodzisław Śląski, in south Poland. The old castle was built in the 13th century. The new residence Dietrichstein Palace from 1745 is the oldest example of classicism architecture in Poland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wodzisław Śląski and Pszów.
Wodzisław Śląski
Town
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Wodzisław Śląski is a city in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 47,992 inhabitants. It is the seat of Wodzisław County. It was previously in Katowice Voivodeship; close to the border with the Czech Republic, about 350 kilometres south of Warsaw and about 140 kilometres west of Kraków, on the southern outskirts of the metropolitan area known as the Upper Silesian Coal Basin.
Pszów
Town
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Pszów is a town in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 13,896 inhabitants. It is located on Rybnik Plateau, in close vicinity to such cities, as Rybnik, Wodzisław Śląski, Racibórz, Radlin, Rydułtowy, Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Żory. Pszów is situated 6 km northwest of Wodzisław County.
Turza Śląska
Village
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Turza Śląska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gorzyce, within Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border.
Wodzisław County
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Wodzisław County” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wodzisław barrutia”
- Belarusian: “Вадзіслаўскі павет”
- Bulgarian: “Воджиславски окръг”
- Cebuano: “Powiat wodzisławski”
- Chinese: “Wodzisław Kūn”
- Chinese: “沃濟斯瓦夫縣”
- Czech: “Okres Wodzisław”
- Dutch: “Powiat Wodzislawski”
- Dutch: “Powiat Wodzisławski”
- Dutch: “Wodzisław”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Wodzislaw”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Wodzisław”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Wodzisław”
- Esperanto: “powiat wodzisławski”
- Estonian: “Wodzisław Śląski maakond”
- Finnish: “Wodzisławin piirikunta”
- French: “Powiat de Wodzisław”
- French: “powiat wodzisławski”
- French: “Wodzisław”
- German: “Powiat Wodzislawski”
- German: “Powiat Wodzisławski”
- Greek: “Πόβιατ Βοντζίσουαφ”
- Hungarian: “Wodzisław megye”
- Irish: “Contae Wodzisław”
- Italian: “Distretto di Wodzislaw Slaski”
- Italian: “distretto di Wodzisław Śląski”
- Italian: “Distretto di Wodzisław Śląski”
- Italian: “powiat wodzisławski”
- Japanese: “ヴォジスワフ郡”
- Javanese: “Powiat Wodzisław”
- Korean: “보지스와프군”
- Latvian: “Vodzislavas apriņķis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wodzisławski Kūn”
- Persian: “شهرستان ووجسواف”
- Polish: “powiat wodzisławski”
- Polish: “Powiat wodzisławski”
- Portuguese: “condado de Wodzisław”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Wodzisław”
- Portuguese: “powiat wodzisławski”
- Russian: “Водзиславский повет”
- Russian: “Водзиславский повят”
- Sardinian: “distretto de Wodzisław Śląski”
- Slovak: “Powiat wodzisławski”
- South Azerbaijani: “ووجسواف”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Vladislavia”
- Spanish: “distrito de Wodzisław”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Wodzisław”
- Spanish: “powiat wodzisławski”
- Turkish: “Wodzislaw ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Wodzislaw İlçesi”
- Turkish: “Wodzisław ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Wodzisław İlçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Водзіславський повіт”
- Upper Sorbian: “Powiat wodzisławski”
- Vietnamese: “Wodzisławski”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wodzisław County”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wodzisław”
- Welsh: “Sir Wodzisław”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Karkoszka and Jedłownik.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wodzisław Śląski - Ruiny Baszty and Wodzisław Śląski - Cmentarz Komunalny.
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