Olszyna

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Olszyna

Total population

4,366

Coordinates51.07°, 15.38°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Olszyna is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its name means "alder wood" in Polish. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Olszyna. A settlement dating back to the Middle Ages, it received its town charter in 2005. As of 2019, the town has a population of 4,348.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch

German soldier

Annemarie Sörensen

German actress (1913-1993)

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Gottlob Adolph

Silesian pastor and hymnwriter (1685-1745)

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Hans Branig

German regional historian and archivist (1905–1985)

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Johann Georg Walther

German author

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Johannes Ullrich

German diplomat, archivist and historian (1902–1965)

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Karlfried Gründer

German philosopher (1928-2011)

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Mark von Wietersheim

German politician (1897-1969)

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Paul Hubrich

German sculptor

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Reinhold Schultert

German politician (1919-2013)

Stefan Strzemieński

Polish general

Carl Wilhelm Otto August von Schindel

German lexicographer and writer (1776–1830)

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Andrzej Kozik

Polish luger

Krzysztof Pietraszkiewicz

Polish economist

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Piotr Zabielski

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Andrzej Turkowski

association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Lower Silesia

• Ubocze
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,500
• Kościelnik
  3.8 mi away
• Wolbromów
  3.8 mi away · pop. 130
• Kościelniki Górne
  4.2 mi away · pop. 246
• Radostów
  4.6 mi away
• Mściszów
  4.9 mi away
• Smolnik
  5.4 mi away
• Nagórze
  5.9 mi away
• Młyńsko
  6.2 mi away
• Radogoszcz
  6.4 mi away
• Świecie
  6.5 mi away
• Lubomierz
  6.9 mi away · pop. 1,792

Browse all places in Lower Silesia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.