Golińsk | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wałbrzych |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Mieroszów |
Coordinates: | 50.6433°N 16.2106°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Golińsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieroszów, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south-east of Mieroszów, 17km (11miles) south of Wałbrzych, and 80km (50miles) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
Göhlenau was the birthplace of Günther Viezenz, a famous German Oberleutnant who singlehandedly destroyed 21 enemy tanks during the Second World War, receiving the tank destruction badge 4 times in gold and once in silver along with other decorations.