Markowizna, Silesian Voivodeship
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Markowizna m is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec
, within Zawiercie County
, Silesian Voivodeship
, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Ogrodzieniec
, 5 km (3 mi) south-east of Zawiercie
, and 41 km (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec
Gmina Ogrodzieniec
Gmina Ogrodzieniec is an urban-rural gmina in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ogrodzieniec, which lies approximately south-east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...
, within Zawiercie County
Zawiercie County
Zawiercie County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Zawiercie, which lies ...
, Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...
, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Ogrodzieniec
Ogrodzieniec
Ogrodzieniec is town Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,499 inhabitants .It is noted for the extensive ruins of a medieval castle, damaged during the Swedish invasion of Poland in the years 1655–1660.- External links :...
, 5 km (3 mi) south-east of Zawiercie
Zawiercie
Zawiercie is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland with 55,800 inhabitants . It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa highland near the source of the Warta River...
, and 41 km (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
.