Paczków
Sign in to savePaczków (; ) is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 7,460 inhabitants (2019). It is one of the few towns in Europe in which medieval fortifications have been almost completely preserved. Located in the southeastern outskirts of the historical province of Lower Silesia, along the medieval road from Lesser Poland to Klodzko Valley and Prague, Paczków is called "Polish Carcassonne", thanks to its well-preserved medieval fortifications. However, while the famous French Carcassonne is a 19th-century reconstruction, all historic buildings of Paczków are authentic.
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Place details
- Locality
- Paczków
- Region
- województwo opolskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 8,081
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Paczków
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Paczkow 01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Paczków Town Hall
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Paczków flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Paczków COA.svg
- Settlement.nickname
- Polish Carcassonne
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nysa
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Key dates
- Inception
- 1254
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- German Reich
- Located in
- Gmina Paczków
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +6941
- Area
- +6.6
- Official website
- www.paczkow.pl
- Image
- Paczków,Stare Miasto w ramach średniowiecznego założenia,.JPG
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Paczków (; ) is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 7,460 inhabitants (2019). It is one of the few towns in Europe in which medieval fortifications have been almost completely preserved. Located in the southeastern outskirts of the historical province of Lower Silesia, along the medieval road from Lesser Poland to Klodzko Valley and Prague, Paczków is called "Polish Carcassonne", thanks to its well-preserved medieval fortifications. However, while the famous French Carcassonne is a 19th-century reconstruction, all historic buildings of Paczków are authentic.
The old town and its medieval fortifications are listed as one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated November 13, 2012. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.