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: “Alenštainas”, “Allenshteyn”, “Allensteen”, “Allenstein in Ostpreußen”, “Allenšteina”, “Alnaštynas”, “Dajtki”, “Olŝtino”, “Olštyn”, “Olsztyn (kapital sa gingsakopan)”, “Olsztyn ilçesi”, “Olsztyn İlçesi”, “Powiat Olsztyn”, “Аленштајн”, “Алленштайн”, “Алленштейн”, “אולז’טין”, “אלנשטיין”, “オルシュチン”, “奥士廷”, “阿伦施泰因”, “阿倫施泰因”, and “阿特斯坦”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olsztyn Castle and Co-Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Olsztyn.

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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.

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jaroty and Ostrzeszewo.

Village
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is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiguda, within , Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern . It is located in Warmia.

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 in the administrative district of , within , Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.

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”
  • Amharic: “ኦልስዝቲን”
  • Arabic: “أولشتين”
  • Aragonese: “Olsztyn”
  • Armenian: “Օլշտին”
  • Asturian: “Olsztyn”
  • Azerbaijani: “Olştin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Olştın”
  • Bashkir: “Ольштын”
  • Basque: “Olsztyn”
  • Belarusian: “Ольштын”
  • Bengali: “অস্টেন”
  • Bengali: “ওলজটিন”
  • Breton: “Olsztyn”
  • Bulgarian: “Олщин”
  • Catalan: “Olsztyn”
  • Cebuano: “Olsztyn (powiat)”
  • Cebuano: “Olsztyn”
  • Chechen: “Ольштын”
  • Chinese: “奥尔什丁”
  • Chinese: “奧爾什丁”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Olştın”
  • Croatian: “Olsztyn”
  • Czech: “Olštýn”
  • Danish: “Olsztyn”
  • Dutch: “Olsztyn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اولشتين”
  • Erzya: “Олштын ош”
  • Esperanto: “Olsztyn”
  • Estonian: “Olsztyn”
  • Finnish: “Olsztyn”
  • French: “Olsztyn”
  • Galician: “Olsztyn”
  • Georgian: “ოლშტინი”
  • German: “Olsztyn”
  • German: “Allenstein” (historical)
  • Greek: “Όλστιν”
  • Gujarati: “ઓલ્સઝટીન”
  • Hausa: “Olsztyn”
  • Hebrew: “אולשטין”
  • Hindi: “ओलज़्टिन”
  • Hindi: “ओल्श्तिन”
  • Hungarian: “Olsztyn”
  • Icelandic: “Olsztyn”
  • Ido: “Olsztyn”
  • Indonesian: “Olsztyn”
  • Irish: “Olsztyn”
  • Italian: “Olsztyn”
  • Japanese: “オルシュティン”
  • Javanese: “Olsztyn”
  • Kannada: “ಓಲ್ಸ್ಜಾಟಿನ್”
  • Kashubian: “Olsztyn”
  • Kazakh: “Олштын”
  • Kirghiz: “Олштын”
  • Korean: “올슈틴”
  • Latin: “Alienstenium”
  • Latin: “Allenstenium”
  • Latvian: “Olština”
  • Lithuanian: “Olštynas”
  • Lombard: “Olsztyn”
  • Low German: “Allenstein”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Olsztyn”
  • 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: “Olsztyn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olsztyn”
  • Norwegian: “Olsztyn”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Olsztyn”
  • Oromo: “Olshtin”
  • Ossetian: “Ольштын”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਲਜ਼ਟਨ”
  • Persian: “الشتین”
  • Persian: “اولشتین”
  • Polish: “Olsztyn”
  • Portuguese: “Olsztyn”
  • Prussian: “Alnāsteini”
  • Pushto: “اولسزټن”
  • Quechua: “Olsztyn”
  • Romanian: “Olsztyn”
  • Russian: “Ольштын”
  • Scots: “Olsztyn”
  • Serbian: “Олштин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Olsztyn”
  • Silesian: “Uolsztyn”
  • Sinhala: “ඔල්ස්ටින්”
  • Slovak: “Olsztyn”
  • Slovenian: “Olsztyn”
  • Somali: “Olshtin”
  • Spanish: “Olsztyn”
  • Swahili: “Olsztyn”
  • Swedish: “Olsztyn”
  • Swiss German: “Allenstein”
  • Swiss German: “Allestei”
  • Tajik: “Ольштын”
  • Tamil: “ஓல்சஜ்ட்டின்”
  • Tatar: “Олштын”
  • Tatar: “Ольштын”
  • Telugu: “ఓల్సజ్తీన్”
  • Tetum: “Olsztyn”
  • Thai: “ออลชติน”
  • Thai: “ออลชตึน”
  • Turkish: “Olsztyn”
  • Udmurt: “Ольштын”
  • Ukrainian: “Ольштин”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Olsztyn”
  • Urdu: “اولسزٹن”
  • Urdu: “اولشتن”
  • Uzbek: “Olshtin”
  • 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: “奧士廷”
  • Yue Chinese: “奧爾舒廷”
  • “ma tomo Osin”
  • “Olsztyn”

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