Olsztyn

city in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
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Olsztyn

Summary

Olsztyn is a city with powiat rights in Poland[1]. Olsztyn draws 2,007 Wikipedia views per month (city_with_powiat_rights_in_poland category, ranking #15 of 62).[2]

Key Facts

  • Olsztyn is located in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship[3].
  • Olsztyn is in the country of Poland[4].
  • Olsztyn's head of government is recorded as Piotr Grzymowicz[5].
  • Olsztyn is on the continent of Europe[6].
  • Olsztyn's instance of is recorded as city with powiat rights in Poland[7].
  • Olsztyn's instance of is recorded as city[8].
  • Olsztyn's instance of is recorded as big city[9].
  • Olsztyn's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Stawiguda[10].
  • Olsztyn's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Gietrzwałd[11].
  • Olsztyn's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Jonkowo[12].
  • Olsztyn's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Dywity[13].
  • Olsztyn's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Barczewo[14].
  • Olsztyn's shares border with is recorded as Gmina Purda[15].
  • Olsztyn followed Allenstein[16].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Châteauroux[17].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Offenburg[18].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaliningrad[19].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gelsenkirchen[20].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lutsk[21].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Calpe[22].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Halmstad Municipality[23].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perugia[24].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Richmond[25].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rovaniemi[26].
  • Olsztyn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sønderborg[27].

Body

Geography

Olsztyn is in the country of Poland[4]. Olsztyn is located in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship[3]. Olsztyn is on the continent of Europe[6].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+173599'}[28] and {'amount': '+170225'}[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city with powiat rights in Poland[7], city[8], and big city[9].

History and Context

October 31, 1353 marks the founding of Olsztyn[30].

Why It Matters

Olsztyn draws 2,007 Wikipedia views per month (city_with_powiat_rights_in_poland category, ranking #15 of 62).[2] Olsztyn has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Olsztyn is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . olsztyn.eu. olsztyn.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.olsztyn.eu/o-olsztynie.html
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 1261
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 1261, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167474388|ALLENSTEIN (#167474388)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #m"
  2. 13w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 90964
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 90964, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  3. 14w ago · Czupirek · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Terc municipality code → 2862011
    Located in time zone → Central European Summer Time, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1653]]: 2862, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/140005909|Olsztyn (#140005909)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5373|TERC municipality code]] #m"
  4. 22w ago · İmmortalance · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → Allenstein
    Follows → —
    Female population → —
    Head of government → —
    + 152 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P421]]: [[Q6655]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257270|batch #257270]]"
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