Borowice
Borowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podgórzyn, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Przemek Jahr, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 169 residents
- Description: village in Lower Silesian, Poland
- Also known as: “Borowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vang Stave Church and Saint Anne chapel in Sosnówka.
Vang Stave Church
Church
Photo: Jar.ciurus, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Vang Stave Church or Mountain Church of Our Savior is a stave church located in Karpacz in the Karkonosze mountains in Poland. It was transferred to its present location from Vang Municipality in the Valdres region of Norway and re-erected in 1842. Vang Stave Church is situated 2½ km southeast of Borowice.
Saint Anne chapel in Sosnówka
Church
Photo: Sławek Skierka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Anne chapel in Sosnówka is a church, which is situated 2½ km east of Borowice.
Sucha Góra
Peak
Photo: Piotr Matyga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sucha Góra is a peak, which is situated 4 km southwest of Borowice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Przesieka and Sosnówka.
Przesieka
Village
Photo: SchiDD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Przesieka is a village in Lower Silesia, southwestern Poland. It belongs to Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in Jelenia Góra County, Gmina Podgórzyn. It is one of the most important centres of mountain hiking. Przesieka is situated 3 km northwest of Borowice.
Sosnówka
Village
Photo: Piotr Matyga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sosnówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podgórzyn, within Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The Sosnówka reservoir is located in Sosnówka. Sosnówka is situated 3½ km northeast of Borowice.
The cauldron of the Great Pond
Locality
Photo: Vojtěch Dostál, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The cauldron of the Great Pond is a locality, which is situated 4 km south of Borowice.
Borowice
- Categories: village of Poland and locality
- Location: Gmina Podgórzyn, Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.79258° or 50° 47′ 33″ northLongitude
15.69511° or 15° 41′ 42″ eastPopulation
169Elevation
667 metres (2,188 feet)Open location code
9F2QQMVW+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 692603920OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7534770Wikidata ID
Q3885070
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Borowice” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Borowice”
- Chechen: “Боровице (Нижнесилезин воеводалла)”
- Chechen: “Боровице”
- Chinese: “Borowice”
- Czech: “Borovice”
- Czech: “Borowice”
- Dutch: “Borowice”
- French: “Borowice”
- German: “Baberhäuser”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Borowice (Ē Silesia Séng)”
- Polish: “Borowice”
- Russian: “Боровице”
- Tatar: “Боровице (Түбән Силезия воеводалыгы)”
- Tatar: “Боровице”
- Turkish: “Borowice”
- Ukrainian: “Боровиці”
- Ukrainian: “Боровіце”
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Highlights include Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna w Borowicach and Młynarz.
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