Żywiec /ˈʒɪvjɛts/ (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʐɨvjɛt͡s]) is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants (Nov. 2007).
Population: 32,132
Latitude: 49° 41' 7.04" N
Longitude: 19° 11' 32.75" E
Bielsko-Biała [ˈbʲɛlskɔ ˈbʲawa] (German: Bielitz-Biala; Czech: Bílsko-Bělá) is a city in Southern Poland with the population of approx. 174,000 (December 2013). The city is a centre of the approx. 325,000 large Bielsko Urban Agglomeration and is a m…
Żywiec /ˈʒɪvjɛts/ (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʐɨvjɛt͡s]; German: Saybusch) is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants (Nov. 2007).
Bielsko [ˈbjɛlskɔ] (German: Bielitz, Czech: Bílsko) was until 1950 an independent town situated in Cieszyn Silesia, Poland. In 1951 it was joined with Biała Krakowska to form the new town of Bielsko-Biała.
Szczyrk [ʂt͡ʂɨrk] (German: Schirk) is a town in the Beskid Śląski mountains of southern Poland, situated in the valley of the Żylica river. It is part of the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously being part of the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (…
The Soła is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula.
Kęty [ˈkɛntɨ] is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland with 18,955 inhabitants (2012). The town located in Silesian Foothills dates its earliest document from 1277 when Polish prince of Opole Władysław confirmed sale of the se…
The Battle of Węgierska Górka was a two-day-long defence of a Polish fortified area in south of Silesia during the opening stages of the Polish Defensive War of 1939.
Andrychów [anˈdrɨxuf] (German: Andrichau) is the largest town in Wadowice County in southern Poland, in Little Beskids, in historical region Lesser Poland, with 22,257 inhabitants as of 2006. It has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship sin…
University of Bielsko-Biała (Polish Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej) - a university located in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, established in 2001. It was previously part of the Technical University of Łódź.
Barania Góra (Polish for "Ram Mountain") is a mountain in southern Poland. At a height of 1,220 metres (4003 feet), it is the second highest mountain in the Silesian Beskids, and the highest in the Polish part of Upper Silesia.
Skrzyczne is a mountain in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, close to the town of Szczyrk.
The Żywiec Beskids (Polish: Beskid Żywiecki) is a mountain range in the Outer Eastern Carpathians in southern Poland. It is the second highest range in Poland, after the Tatra Mountains.
Milówka [miˈlufka] is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland (historic province of Lesser Poland). It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Milówka. It lies It is situated in the Żywiec Beskids…
Węgierska Górka [vɛnˈɡʲɛrska ˈɡurka] is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in the historic province of Lesser Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Węgierska Górka. It lies approximately 12 kilomet…
Frog House (Polish: kamienica Pod Żabami) is an example of art nouveau architecture in the city of Bielsko-Biała, in southern Poland's Silesia Province.
The Bielsko-Biała Museum is a museum for the city of Bielsko-Biała, Poland located in the historical Bielsko Castle.
Bielsko County (Polish: powiat bielski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed …
Ślemień [ˈɕlɛmjɛɲ] is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in a mountainous part of southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ślemień.