Golińsk | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
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 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | DBA |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 58-350[1] |
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.[2] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south-east of Mieroszów, 17km (11miles) south of Wałbrzych, and 80km (50miles) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
It was the birthplace of Günther Viezenz, German Oberleutnant who singlehandedly destroyed 21 enemy tanks during the Second World War, receiving the tank destruction badge four times in gold and once in silver along with other decorations.