Wadowice
Wadowice is a small town in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland. It's best known as the 1920 birthplace of Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II. Wadowice and the nearby monastery at Kalwaria Zebrzydowska have become pilgrimage sites, easily reached on a day-trip from Kraków.
- Type: Town with 17,900 residents
- Description: town of Poland
- Also known as: “Wadowitz”, “Вадовичі”, “Вадовіцы”, “ואדוביץ”, “ואדוביצה”, and “וודוביצה”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Basilica of the Presentation of Mary and Holy Father John Paul II Family Home, Wadowice.
Holy Father John Paul II Family Home, Wadowice
Museum
The Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tomice and Gorzeń Dolny.
Tomice
Village
Wadowice
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Gmina Wadowice, Wadowice County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.8834° or 49° 53′ 0″ north
Longitude
19.4925° or 19° 29′ 33″ east
Population
17,900
Elevation
271 metres (889 feet)
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Wadowice” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վադովիցե”
- Asturian: “Wadowice”
- Belarusian: “Вадавіцы”
- Bulgarian: “Вадовице”
- Catalan: “Wadowice”
- Cebuano: “Wadowice”
- Chechen: “Вадовице”
- Chinese: “瓦多維采”
- Chinese: “瓦多维采”
- Croatian: “Wadowice”
- Czech: “Wadowice”
- Danish: “Wadowice”
- Dutch: “Wadowice”
- Esperanto: “Wadowice”
- Estonian: “Wadowice”
- Finnish: “Wadowice”
- French: “Wadowice”
- German: “Frauenstadt”
- German: “Wadowice”
- Greek: “Βαντοβίτσε”
- Hebrew: “ודוביצה”
- Hungarian: “Wadowice”
- Ido: “Wadowice”
- Indonesian: “Wadowice”
- Irish: “Wadowice”
- Italian: “Wadowice”
- Japanese: “ヴァドヴィツェ”
- Javanese: “Wadowice”
- Korean: “바도비체”
- Latvian: “Vadovice”
- Lithuanian: “Vadovicai”
- Malay: “Wadowice”
- Maltese: “Wadowice”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wadowice”
- Norwegian: “Wadowice”
- Persian: “وادوویتسه”
- Polish: “Wadowice”
- Portuguese: “Wadowice”
- Romanian: “Wadowice”
- Russian: “Вадовице”
- Scots: “Wadowice”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Wadowice”
- Serbian: “Вадовице”
- Sicilian: “Wadowice”
- Silesian: “Wadowice”
- Silesian: “Wadowicy”
- Slovak: “Wadowice”
- Slovenian: “Wadowice”
- Spanish: “Wadowice”
- Swahili: “Wadowice”
- Swedish: “Wadowice”
- Tatar: “Вадовитсе”
- Turkish: “Wadowice”
- Ukrainian: “Вадовиці”
- Ukrainian: “Вадовіце”
- Urdu: “وادوویتسے”
- Venetian: “Wadowice”
- Vietnamese: “Wadowice”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wadowice”
- Welsh: “Wadowice”
- Western Frisian: “Wadowice”
- “Wadowice”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Osiedle Obrońców Westerplatte and Osiedle Wadowity.
Małopolskie: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Kraków and Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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