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Silesian Voivodeship

Gliwice

Gliwice is a city in the of southern Poland, with a population of 175,102 in 2021. It's part of Metropolis GZM centred on and is industrial. Nevertheless it has a well-restored old town and many historical sights.
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  • Type: City with 174,000 residents
  • Description: city with powiat rights of Poland in Upper Silesia
  • Also known as: “Gleiwitz”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Piotr Wieczorek Municipal Stadium and Gliwice Castle.

Stadium
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The , also known as the Piast Gliwice Stadium is a football-specific located in Gliwice, . It is the home ground of Piast Gliwice.

Castle
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The so-called Piasts' Castle in Gliwice, southern , dates back to the mid-14th century. It consists of a tower from 1322, which was originally part of the city walls, and an adjoining building which was probably an armory.

Railway station
Photo: Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a junction railway station in the city centre of Gliwice in the . The railway station in Gliwice is the second largest railway station in the Upper Silesian urban area and is part of the system of rail transport in Gliwice.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trynek and Szobiszowice.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of the city of Gliwice in , located in the central part of the city.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Gliwice

Latitude
50.2941° or 50° 17′ 39″ north
Longitude
18.6657° or 18° 39′ 57″ east
Population
174,000
Elevation
200 metres (656 feet)
IATA airport code
QLC
United Nations Location Code
PL GWC
Open location code
9F2W7MV8+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 28900665
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3099230
Wiki­data ID
Q105084
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gliwice” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جليفيتش”
  • Arabic: “غليفيتسه”
  • Armenian: “Գլիվիցե”
  • Asturian: “Gliwice”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qliviçe”
  • Basque: “Gliwice”
  • Belarusian: “Глівіцы”
  • Belarusian: “Гляйвіц”
  • Bengali: “গ্লিউইচ”
  • Breton: “Gliwice”
  • Bulgarian: “Глайвиц”
  • Bulgarian: “Гливице”
  • Catalan: “Gliwice”
  • Cebuano: “Gliwice”
  • Chechen: “Гливице”
  • Chinese: “Gliwice”
  • Chinese: “格利維采”
  • Chinese: “格利维采”
  • Chinese: “格萊維茨”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Glivitse”
  • Croatian: “Gleiwitze”
  • Croatian: “Gliwice”
  • Czech: “Gleiwitz”
  • Czech: “Glivice”
  • Czech: “Gliwice”
  • Czech: “Hlivice”
  • Danish: “Gliwice”
  • Dutch: “Gleiwitz”
  • Dutch: “Gliwice”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جليفيتسه”
  • Esperanto: “Gleiwitz”
  • Esperanto: “Glivico”
  • Esperanto: “Gliwice”
  • Estonian: “Gleiwitz”
  • Estonian: “Gliwice”
  • Finnish: “Gleiwitz”
  • Finnish: “Gliwice”
  • French: “Gleiwitz”
  • French: “Gliwice”
  • Galician: “Gliwice”
  • German: “Gleiwitz O.S.”
  • German: “Gleiwitz”
  • German: “Gliwice”
  • Greek: “Γκλιβίτσε”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્લિવાઇસ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Gliwice”
  • Hebrew: “גליביצה”
  • Hindi: “ग्लिवीस”
  • Hungarian: “Gliwice”
  • Ido: “Gliwice”
  • Indonesian: “Gleiwitz”
  • Indonesian: “Gliwice”
  • Irish: “Gliwice”
  • Italian: “Gleiwitz”
  • Italian: “Gliwice”
  • Japanese: “グライヴィッツ”
  • Japanese: “グライビッツ”
  • Japanese: “グリヴィツェ”
  • Japanese: “グリビツェ”
  • Javanese: “Gleiwitz”
  • Javanese: “Gliwice”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ಲಿವಿಸ್”
  • Kashubian: “Gliwice”
  • Kazakh: “Гливице”
  • Korean: “글리비체”
  • Latvian: “Gleivica”
  • Latvian: “Gleiwitz”
  • Latvian: “Glivice”
  • Latvian: “Gļivice”
  • Latvian: “Gliwice”
  • Lithuanian: “Gleiwitz”
  • Lithuanian: “Glivicai”
  • Lithuanian: “Glivicė”
  • Lithuanian: “Glivicės”
  • Low German: “Gleiwitz”
  • Low German: “Gliwice”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gleiwitz”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gliwice”
  • Macedonian: “Гливице”
  • Malay: “Gliwice”
  • Marathi: “ग्लिवाईस”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gliwice”
  • Mingrelian: “გლივიცე”
  • Moksha: “Гливицэ”
  • Nauru: “Gliwice”
  • Nepali: “ग्लिविस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gleiwitz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Glivitium”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gliwice”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gleiwitz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gliwice”
  • Norwegian: “Gliwice”
  • Novial: “Gliwice”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gliwice”
  • Ossetian: “Гливице”
  • Persian: “گلیویتسه”
  • Polish: “Gleiwitz”
  • Polish: “Gliwice”
  • Portuguese: “Gliwice”
  • Quechua: “Gliwice”
  • Romanian: “Gleiwitz”
  • Romanian: “Gliwice”
  • Russian: “Глейвиц”
  • Russian: “Глейвице”
  • Russian: “Гливице”
  • Russian: “Гляйвиц”
  • Scots: “Gliwice”
  • Serbian: “Гљивице”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gliwice”
  • Sicilian: “Gliwice”
  • Silesian: “Gleiwitz”
  • Silesian: “Gliwice”
  • Silesian: “Glywice”
  • Silesian: “Glywicy”
  • Sinhala: “ග්ලිවිස්”
  • Slovak: “Glivice”
  • Slovak: “Gliwice”
  • Slovak: “Powiat Gliwice”
  • Slovenian: “Gliwice”
  • Southern Sotho: “Gliwice”
  • Spanish: “Gleiwitz”
  • Spanish: “Gliwice”
  • Swedish: “Gleiwitz”
  • Swedish: “Gliwice”
  • Tamil: “க்ளெவிஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Гливитсе”
  • Tatar: “Гливице”
  • Telugu: “గ్లివీస్”
  • Thai: “กลิวิซ”
  • Turkish: “Gliwice ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Gliwice İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “Gliwice”
  • Udmurt: “Гливице”
  • Ukrainian: “Гливиці”
  • Ukrainian: “Глівіце”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґлівіце”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gliwice”
  • Urdu: “گلیویتسہ”
  • Uzbek: “Glivitse”
  • Venetian: “Gliwice”
  • Veps: “Glivice”
  • Vietnamese: “Gliwice”
  • Volapük: “Gliwice”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gliwice”
  • Welsh: “Gliwice”
  • Wu Chinese: “格利维采”
  • Yue Chinese: “格利維采”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Gliwice”. Photo: Ebielmaj, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.