Wilkowice (german: link=no, Wolfsdorf) is a village in Bielsko County,

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian ...

, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called

Gmina Wilkowice __NOTOC__ Gmina Wilkowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wilkowice, which lies approximately south of Bielsko-Biała and south of the regional ...

. It lies approximately south of

Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała (; cs, Bílsko-Bělá, german: Bielitz-Biala, szl, Bjylsko-Bjoło) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 168,319 as of December 2021, making it the 22nd largest city in Poland, and an area of . It is a ...

and south of the regional capital

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

. The village has a population of 6,496. It is one of the oldest villages in

Żywiec Basin Żywiec Basin ( pl, Kotlina ŻywieckaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Little Beskids to the north, Silesian Beskids to the we ...

. It was established in the early 14th century by the

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monastery in

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, which owned the area alongside Łodygowice and Pietrzykowice.

Turist attractions

The main attraction of the village are the tourist mountain trails running to the top of Magurka and Rogacz. Other natural assets include

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and mountain streams. Among the Monuments of Wilkowice it is worth mentioning: * Saint Michael Church from 1900 * Parish cemetery * Epidemic cemetery from 1847 * Old railway station from 19th century * Hospital from 19th century * Old

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by the river Biała

Gallery

File:POL Wilkowice Szkoła Podstawowa 1.JPG, School numer 1 in Wilkowice File:Wilkowice Bystra.JPG, Railway station Wilkowice-Bystra File:POL Wilkowice Mini park.JPG, Little park in center of village File:POL Wilkowice Huciska 4.JPG, Wyzwolenia Street File:POL Wilkowice Potok Wilkówka k. szkoły.JPG, Wilkówka River in front of school File:POL Wilkowice Kościół św. Michała Archanioła 4.JPG, Saint Michael Church File:Magurka Wilkowicka - schronisko PTTK.jpg, Mountain Hostel in Magurka File:Magurka Wilkowicka, widok w kierunku Beskidu Śląskiego.jpg, View from Magurka (909 a.s.l.)

References

{{coord, 49, 45, N, 19, 6, E, region:PL_type:city, display=title Villages in Bielsko County Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939)