Olsztyn Castle
Olsztyn Castle – castle ruins located in the Olsztyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, lying on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests – formerly protecting the southern border of the Kingdom of Poland.Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic site in Silesian Voivodeship, in Poland
- Also known as: “Zamek Olsztyn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St. John the Baptist in Olsztyn and Biakło.
Church of St. John the Baptist in Olsztyn
Church
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Church of St. John the Baptist in Olsztyn is situated 340 metres northwest of Olsztyn Castle.
Olsztyn. Rezerwat Sokole Góry
Nature reserve
Photo: Przykuta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olsztyn. Rezerwat Sokole Góry is a nature reserve, which is situated 2½ km south of Olsztyn Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Olsztyn and Skrajnica.
Olsztyn
Town
Photo: Luk smigly, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Częstochowa is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship in the south of Poland; it's industrial and had a population of 214,342 in 2021. It's best known for the monastery of Jasna Góra, holding the Black Madonna icon, and is a major pilgrimage site for Roman Catholics.
Skrajnica
Village
Photo: Adam Chamczyk, CC BY 3.0.
Skrajnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olsztyn, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Przymiłowice-Kotysów
Village
Photo: Przykuta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Przymiłowice-Kotysów is a village, which is situated 2½ km east of Olsztyn Castle.
Olsztyn Castle
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Olsztyn, Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.74911° or 50° 44′ 57″ northLongitude
19.27347° or 19° 16′ 25″ eastOpen location code
9F2XP7XF+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 166980912OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q9386695
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Olsztyn Castle” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Замак Ольштын”
- Czech: “Olštýn”
- Czech: “Olsztyn”
- German: “Burg Allenstein”
- German: “Burg Olsztyn”
- German: “Zamek W Olsztynie”
- Polish: “Ruiny zamku Olsztyn”
- Polish: “Zamek w Olsztynie (województwo śląskie)”
- Polish: “Zamek w Olsztynie”
- Russian: “Ольштын (замок)”
- Russian: “Ольштынский замок”
- Slovak: “Olštýn”
- Ukrainian: “Ольштинський замок (Сілезьке воєводство)”
- Ukrainian: “Ольштинський замок”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Olsztyn ở Silesian Voivodeship”
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