Wichwy-Osiedle

Wichwy-Osiedle is a neighborhood in Gmina Marklowice, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship. Wichwy-Osiedle is situated nearby to the neighborhood Zamysłów, as well as near Sowiniec.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barbakan in Wodzisław Śląski and Shrine Grodzisko.

The Wodzisław Castle is a historic castle and palace located in the Wodzisław Śląski, in south Poland. The old castle was built in the 13th century. The new residence Dietrichstein Palace from 1745 is the oldest example of classicism architecture in Poland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wodzisław Śląski and Mszana.

Wodzisław Śląski

Town

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Wodzisław Śląski is a town in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 47,992 inhabitants. It is the seat of Wodzisław County. It was previously in Katowice Voivodeship; close to the border with the Czech Republic, about 350 kilometres south of Warsaw and about 140 kilometres west of Kraków, on the southern outskirts of the metropolitan area known as the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. Wodzisław Śląski is situated 2½ km northwest of Wichwy-Osiedle.

Mszana

Village

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Mszana is a village in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Mszana. The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Msana debent esse triginta mansi. Mszana is situated 3½ km southeast of Wichwy-Osiedle.