Vowchyn

Also known as Voŭčyn

Vowchyn (; ; ; ; ) is a village in Kamyenyets District, Brest Region, Belarus. It is the birthplace of the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Vowchyn
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.total_type:  
Settlement.image_skyline: Краявіды Воўчына 09.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Holy Trinity Church during renovation in 2014
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belarus
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Brest Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kamyenyets District
Settlement.pushpin_map: Belarus
Settlement.population_as_of: 2010
Settlement.population_total: 508
Settlement.area_code: +375 1631
Settlement.native_name_lang: be

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Wołczyn
Population: 411
Elevation: 135
Image: Воўчын Voŭčyn (2021) 01.jpg
Dialing code: +375 1631

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Belarus Globe URL: globustut.by/volchin/index.htm
Commons category: Voŭčyn
postal code: 225083
romanization of Belarusian (2007 system): Voŭčyn

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Vowchyn (; ; ; ; ) is a village in Kamyenyets District, Brest Region, Belarus. It is the birthplace of the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.

==History== thumb|left|175px|Holy Trinity Church in the 1930s The village was mentioned in chronicles as early as the 16th century. It was a privately owned village of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The village changed owners many times, in the 17th and 18th centuries it belonged to the Gosiewski, Sapieha, Flemming, Czartoryski and Poniatowski families. In 1720, Vowchyn came into the possession of Stanisław Poniatowski, father of the last King of Poland Stanisław August Poniatowski, born here in 1732.