Mirów | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Myszków |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Niegowa |
Coordinates: | 50.6142°N 19.4681°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Mirów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niegowa, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south of Niegowa, 120NaN0 east of Myszków, and 530NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Katowice.
It is best known for the ruins of the 14th-century Mirów Castle, part of a defensive chain of medieval castles built along Polish Jura (Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska). To the south of Mirów, there are Beskidy Mountains, including Silesian and Żywiec Beskids.