Brzeg

Brzeg is a medieval town in , located halfway between and . It was founded in the middle of 13th century.
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  • Type: Town with 34,500 residents
  • Description: city in Opole Voivodeship in southwestern Poland
  • Also known as: “Altae Ripae civitas”, “Bregae”, “Bregum”, “Breh”, “Břeh”, “Brieg (tysk)”, “Briga”, “Brīga”, “Brigg”, “Brygas”, “Brzeg Opolski”, “Brzyg”, “Budorgis”, “Бриг”, “בריג”, and “ブジェグ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brzeg Silesian Piasts‘ Castle and Brzeg railway station.

Castle
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Brzeg Castle is located in Brzeg, , . Now a museum, the structures includes the Piast dynasty mausoleum.

Railway station
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is a station in Brzeg, , Poland. The station is part of the Third Pan-European Corridor, linking - - - .

Church
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St. Nicholas' Church in Brzeg, Poland, is a Gothic basilica built in the fourteenth century. The church was built between 1370 and 1420 during the reign of Louis I of Brzeg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pisarzowice and Żłobizna.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in south-western Poland.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in south-western Poland.

Village
is a in , , in south-western Poland.

Brzeg

Latitude
50.8615° or 50° 51′ 41″ north
Longitude
17.4705° or 17° 28′ 14″ east
Population
34,500
Elevation
147 metres (482 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PL BRG
Open location code
9F2VVF6C+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 394581481
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3102459
Wiki­data ID
Q214640
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Brzeg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Brzeg”
  • Aragonese: “Brzeg”
  • Armenian: “Բժեգ”
  • Basque: “Brzeg (Poloniako hiria)”
  • Basque: “Brzeg”
  • Belarusian: “Бжэг”
  • Breton: “Brzeg”
  • Bulgarian: “Бжег”
  • Catalan: “Brzeg”
  • Cebuano: “Brzeg”
  • Chechen: “Бжег”
  • Chinese: “布热格”
  • Chinese: “布熱格”
  • Chinese: “布若贊格”
  • Czech: “Brzeg”
  • Danish: “Brzeg”
  • Dutch: “Brzeg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برزيج”
  • Esperanto: “Brzeg”
  • Estonian: “Brzeg”
  • Finnish: “Brzeg”
  • French: “Brzeg”
  • German: “Brzeg”
  • German: “Brieg” (historical)
  • Greek: “Μπζεγκ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Brzeg”
  • Hebrew: “בז’ג”
  • Hungarian: “Brzeg”
  • Indonesian: “Brzeg”
  • Italian: “Brzeg”
  • Japanese: “ブシェク”
  • Japanese: “ブジェク”
  • Javanese: “Brzeg”
  • Korean: “브제크”
  • Latin: “Brega”
  • Latvian: “Bžega”
  • Lithuanian: “Bžegas”
  • Lower Silesian: “Brig”
  • Macedonian: “Бжег”
  • Malay: “Brzeg”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brzeg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brzeg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brzeg”
  • Persian: “بژگ”
  • Polish: “Brzeg”
  • Portuguese: “Brzeg”
  • Romanian: “Brzeg”
  • Russian: “Бжег”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱚᱨᱡᱮᱜᱽ”
  • Serbian: “Bžeg”
  • Serbian: “Бжег”
  • Silesian: “Brzeg”
  • Slovak: “Brzeg”
  • Slovenian: “Brzeg”
  • Spanish: “Brzeg”
  • Swedish: “Brzeg”
  • Tatar: “Бжег”
  • Thai: “บแชก”
  • Turkish: “Brzeg”
  • Ukrainian: “Бжег”
  • Ukrainian: “Бжеґ”
  • Urdu: “برزگ”
  • Urdu: “بژیگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Brzeg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Brzeg”
  • Welsh: “Brzeg”
  • “Brzeg”

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