Owczary, Gorlice County

Owczary [ɔfˈt͡ʂarɨ] (Ukrainian: Рихвальд, Rykhval’d) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sękowa, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.^[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Sękowa, 8 km (5 mi) south of Gorlice, and 104 km (65 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

In Owczary is buried the Polish resistance fighter, Maria Kotarba .

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v t e Gmina Sękowa
Seat	Sękowa
Other villages	Banica Bartne Bodaki Czarne Jasionka Krzywa Lipna Małastów Męcina Mała Męcina Wielka Nieznajowa Owczary Pętna Radocyna Ropica Górna Siary Wapienne Wołowiec

v t e World Heritage Sites in Poland
Cultural	Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940–1945) Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork Centennial Hall, Wrocław Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica Historic Centre of Warsaw Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park Krakow's Historic Centre Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region Medieval Town of Toruń Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski¹ Old City of Zamość Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine²
Natural	Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe³ Bieszczady National Park Białowieża Forest / Belovezhskaya Pushcha⁴
¹ shared with Germany ² shared with Ukraine ³ shared with 17 other countries ⁴ shared with Belarus