Golczewo ()''Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße'' by M. Kaemmerer is a town in

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, in north-western

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. It is situated on the Niemica River and the shores of Okonie and Szczucze lakes.

Sights

Chief cultural heritage sights are the medieval Golczewo Castle Tower, the only preserved part of a former castle of the Bishops of Kamień, and the

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Saint Andrew Bobola church. Golczewo Castle Tower (1).jpg, Golczewo Castle Tower Saint Andrew Bobola church in Golczewo (4).jpg, Memorial to the victims of the

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and

Smolensk air disaster On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria ...

References

External links

Official town webpage

Jewish Community in Golczewo
on Virtual Shtetl Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Kamień County Populated lakeshore places in Poland Populated riverside places in Poland {{Kamień-geo-stub