Gołkowice Dolne (; ) is a

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in the administrative district of

Gmina Stary Sącz __NOTOC__ Gmina Stary Sącz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Stary Sącz, which lies approximately south-west of Nowy Sącz and south-ea ...

, within

Nowy Sącz County __NOTOC__ Nowy Sącz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local govern ...

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, in the historical region of Galicia situated in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of

Stary Sącz Stary Sącz is a small historic town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina Stary Sącz (commune), and one of the oldest towns in the country, receiving Magdeburg rights in the 13th century. Geography Star ...

, south-west of

Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz (; ; ; ; ) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. With a population of 83,116 as of 2021, it is the largest city in the Beskid S ...

, and south-east of the regional capital

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

. The village Gołkowice was first mentioned in 1276. Beginning in 1784, 37

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families were settled here in the course of the

Josephine colonization The Josephine colonization (, ) was a state-funded Colonization, settlement campaign organised under the rule of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II in the 1780s, in the then-new crownland of the Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodom ...

References

Villages in Nowy Sącz County {{NowySącz-geo-stub