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Olsztyn

Olsztyn is a historic town and capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship in northern . The city is home to 175,000 inhabitants and boasts a beautiful Gothic city centre.
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  • Type: City with 170,000 residents
  • Description: city in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
  • Also known as: “Allenshteyn”, “Allenstein”, and “Dajtki”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olsztyn Główny railway station and Olsztyn Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Rdrozd, CC BY 4.0.
Olsztyn Główny is a railway station in Olsztyn in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in north-eastern . According to the classification of passenger stations in Poland, it is categorised as a voivodeship station.

Castle
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The , officially the Castle of Warmian Cathedral Chapter in Olsztyn, is a Brick Gothic castle located in the heart of Olsztyn, in northern .

Church
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The is a Catholic basilica and co-cathedral in Olsztyn, . It is a notable example of 14th century gothic architecture, and it is on the register of monuments in Poland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ostrzeszewo and Jaroty.

Village
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is a village in the administrative district of , within , Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern . It is located within the historic region of Warmia.

Village
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is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiguda, within , Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern . It lies approximately 10 km north-east of and 6 km south of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 4 km south-east of and 5 km north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Olsztyn

Latitude
53.7767° or 53° 46′ 36″ north
Longitude
20.4765° or 20° 28′ 35″ east
Population
170,000
Elevation
151 metres (495 feet)
IATA airport code
QYO
United Nations Location Code
PL OLS
Open location code
9G52QFGG+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32566103
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
763166
Wiki­data ID
Q82765
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Olsztyn” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Olsztyn”
  • Albanian: “Oshtel”
  • Arabic: “أولشتين”
  • Armenian: “Օլշտին”
  • Asturian: “Olsztyn”
  • Azerbaijani: “Olştın”
  • Bashkir: “Ольштын”
  • Basque: “Olsztyn”
  • Belarusian: “Ольштын”
  • Bengali: “অস্টেন”
  • Breton: “Allenstein”
  • Breton: “Olsztyn”
  • Bulgarian: “Олщин”
  • Catalan: “Olsztyn”
  • Cebuano: “Olsztyn (kapital sa gingsakopan)”
  • Cebuano: “Olsztyn (powiat)”
  • Cebuano: “Olsztyn”
  • Chechen: “Ольштын”
  • Chinese: “Olsztyn”
  • Chinese: “奥士廷”
  • Chinese: “奥尔什丁”
  • Chinese: “奧士廷”
  • Chinese: “奧爾什丁”
  • Chinese: “阿伦施泰因”
  • Chinese: “阿倫施泰因”
  • Chinese: “阿特斯坦”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Olştın”
  • Croatian: “Allenstein”
  • Croatian: “Olsztyn”
  • Czech: “Allenstein”
  • Czech: “Olštýn”
  • Czech: “Olsztyn”
  • Danish: “Allenstein”
  • Danish: “Olsztyn”
  • Dutch: “Allenstein”
  • Dutch: “Olsztyn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اولشتين”
  • Erzya: “Олштын ош”
  • Esperanto: “Allenstein”
  • Esperanto: “Olŝtino”
  • Esperanto: “Olsztyn”
  • Estonian: “Allenstein”
  • Estonian: “Olsztyn”
  • Finnish: “Allenstein”
  • Finnish: “Olsztyn”
  • French: “Allenstein”
  • French: “Olsztyn”
  • Galician: “Olsztyn”
  • Georgian: “ოლშტინი”
  • German: “Allenstein in Ostpreußen”
  • German: “Dajtki”
  • German: “Olsztyn”
  • German: “Allenstein” (historical)
  • Greek: “Όλστιν”
  • Gujarati: “ઓલ્સઝટીન”
  • Hebrew: “אולז’טין”
  • Hebrew: “אולשטין”
  • Hebrew: “אלנשטיין”
  • Hindi: “ओलसज़तीन”
  • Hungarian: “Olsztyn”
  • Icelandic: “Olsztyn”
  • Ido: “Olsztyn”
  • Indonesian: “Allenstein”
  • Indonesian: “Olsztyn”
  • Irish: “Olsztyn”
  • Italian: “Allenstein”
  • Italian: “Olsztyn”
  • Japanese: “オルシュチン”
  • Japanese: “オルシュティン”
  • Javanese: “Olsztyn”
  • Kannada: “ಓಲ್ಸ್ಜಾಟಿನ್”
  • Kashubian: “Olsztyn”
  • Korean: “올슈틴”
  • Latin: “Alienstenium”
  • Latin: “Allenstenium”
  • Latvian: “Allenstein”
  • Latvian: “Allenšteina”
  • Latvian: “Olština”
  • Latvian: “Olsztyn”
  • Lithuanian: “Alenštainas”
  • Lithuanian: “Alnaštynas”
  • Lithuanian: “Olštynas”
  • Lithuanian: “Olsztyn”
  • Lombard: “Allenstein”
  • Lombard: “Olsztyn”
  • Low German: “Allensteen”
  • Low German: “Allenstein”
  • Low German: “Olsztyn”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Olsztyn”
  • Macedonian: “Аленштајн”
  • Macedonian: “Олштин”
  • Malay: “Olsztyn”
  • Maltese: “Olsztyn”
  • Manx: “Olsztyn”
  • Marathi: “ऑल्स्झटीन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Olsztyn”
  • Mingrelian: “ოლშტინი”
  • Moksha: “Ольштын”
  • Nauru: “Olsztyn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Olsztyn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Allenstein”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Olsztyn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Allenstein”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alnāsteini”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olštynas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olsztyn”
  • Norwegian: “Olsztyn”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Olsztyn”
  • Ossetian: “Ольштын”
  • Persian: “الشتین”
  • Persian: “اولشتین”
  • Polish: “Allenstein”
  • Polish: “Olsztyn”
  • Portuguese: “Allenstein”
  • Portuguese: “Olsztyn”
  • Prussian: “Alnāsteini”
  • Quechua: “Olsztyn”
  • Romanian: “Olsztyn”
  • Russian: “Алленштайн”
  • Russian: “Алленштейн”
  • Russian: “Ольштин”
  • Russian: “Ольштын”
  • Scots: “Allenstein”
  • Scots: “Olsztyn”
  • Serbian: “Olsztyn”
  • Serbian: “Аленштајн”
  • Serbian: “Олштин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Olsztyn”
  • Silesian: “Uolsztyn”
  • Sinhala: “ඔල්ස්ටින්”
  • Slovak: “Olštýn”
  • Slovak: “Olsztyn”
  • Slovak: “Powiat Olsztyn”
  • Slovenian: “Olsztyn”
  • Spanish: “Allenstein”
  • Spanish: “Olsztyn”
  • Swedish: “Allenstein”
  • Swedish: “Olsztyn”
  • Swiss German: “Allestei”
  • Swiss German: “Olsztyn”
  • Tamil: “ஓல்சஜ்ட்டின்”
  • Tatar: “Ольштын”
  • Telugu: “ఓల్సజ్తీన్”
  • Tetum: “Olsztyn”
  • Thai: “ออลชติน”
  • Thai: “ออลชตึน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Allenstein”
  • Turkish: “Olsztyn ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Olsztyn İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “Olsztyn”
  • Udmurt: “Ольштын”
  • Ukrainian: “Ольштин”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Allenstein”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Olštyn”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Olsztyn”
  • Urdu: “اولشتن”
  • Venetian: “Olsztyn”
  • Veps: “Ol’štin”
  • Vietnamese: “Olsztyn”
  • Volapük: “Olsztyn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Olsztyn”
  • Welsh: “Olsztyn”
  • Western Panjabi: “اولشتین”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥尔什丁”
  • Yue Chinese: “奧爾舒廷”
  • “ma tomo Osin”
  • “Olsztyn”

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