Biecz
Biecz is a village at the eastern edge of Małopolskie Province, 125 km east of Kraków. Like Kraków, its heyday was in medieval times, but it declined as the powerbase moved to Warsaw then Poland fell under foreign occupation.
- Town with about 4,450 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 280 metres (920 feet)
- Description: city of Poland
Places of Interest
Highlights include World War I Cemetery nr 109 in Biecz and World War I Cemetery nr 106 in Biecz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Korczyna and Strzeszyn.
Biecz
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Latitude
49.7305° or 49° 43′ 50″ north
Longitude
21.2494° or 21° 14′ 58″ east
Open location code
8GX3P6JX+6Q
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Biecz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيتش”
- Armenian: “Բեչ”
- Asturian: “Biecz”
- Belarusian: “Беч”
- Belarusian: “Бэч”
- Bulgarian: “Беч”
- Catalan: “Biecz”
- Cebuano: “Biecz”
- Chechen: “Беч”
- Chinese: “別奇”
- Chinese: “别奇”
- Czech: “Biecz”
- Dutch: “Beitsch”
- Dutch: “Biecz”
- Esperanto: “Biecz”
- Estonian: “Biecz”
- Finnish: “Biecz”
- French: “Biecz”
- German: “Beitsch”
- German: “Biecz”
- Greek: “Μπιετς”
- Hebrew: “בייץ‘”
- Hungarian: “Biecz”
- Irish: “Biecz”
- Italian: “Biecz”
- Javanese: “Biecz”
- Latin: “Biecz”
- Latvian: “Beča”
- Latvian: “Biecz”
- Lithuanian: “Biecas”
- Malay: “Biecz”
- Moksha: “Беч”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beitsch”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Biecz”
- Norwegian: “Biecz”
- Pennsylvania German: “Biecz”
- Persian: “بیسز”
- Polish: “Biecz”
- Portuguese: “Biec”
- Portuguese: “Biecz”
- Romanian: “Biecz”
- Russian: “Беч”
- Serbian: “Biecz”
- Serbian: “Bječ”
- Serbian: “Биеч”
- Serbian: “Бијеч”
- Serbian: “Бјеч”
- Silesian: “Biecz”
- Silesian: “Bječ”
- Silesian: “Bjecz”
- Slovak: “Biecz”
- Slovenian: “Biecz”
- Spanish: “Biecz”
- Swedish: “Biecz”
- Tatar: “Беч”
- Turkish: “Biecz”
- Ukrainian: “Беч”
- Ukrainian: “Бєч”
- Vietnamese: “Biecz”
- Volapük: “Biecz”
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Localities in the Area
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Małopolskie: Highlights
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