Bratków

Bratków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bogatynia, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is located in a Polish salient between the Czech Republic and Germany.

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Type: Village with 219 residents
Description: village of Poland
Also known as: “Bratkow” and “Bratków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calvary and Marienthal Cistercian Nun Abbey.

Calvary

Park

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A calvary, also called calvary hill, Sacred Mount, or Sacred Mountain, is a type of Christian sacred place, built on the slopes of a hill, composed by a set of chapels, usually laid out in the form of a pilgrims' way.

Marienthal Cistercian Nun Abbey

Religious building

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St. Marienthal Abbey is a Cistercian nunnery in Saxon Upper Lusatia. The abbey is the oldest nunnery of the Cistercian Order in Germany to have maintained unbroken occupation of its house since its foundation.

Krzewina Zgorzelecka railway station

Railway station

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Krzewina Zgorzelecka, also Ostritz or simply Krzewina is a railway station near the village of Krzewina, Zgorzelec County, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Posada and Ostritz.

Posada

Village

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Posada is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bogatynia, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is located in a Polish salient between the Czech Republic and Germany.

Ostritz

Town

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Ostritz is a town in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, in eastern Germany. It is situated on the border with Poland, on the left bank of the Lusatian Neisse, 16 km south of Görlitz.