Gołkowice Dolne

Gołkowice Dolne ([ɡɔu̯kɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈdɔlnɛ]; German: Golkowitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stary Sącz, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in the historical region of Galicia situated in southern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Stary Sącz, 13 km (8 mi) south-west of Nowy Sącz, and 74 km (46 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

Gołkowice Dolne
Village
Typical architecture of German settlers from the late 18th century
Gołkowice Dolne
Coordinates: 49°32′44″N 20°34′41″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Nowy Sącz
Gmina	Stary Sącz
Population	890

The village Gołkowice was first mentioned in 1276. Beginning in 1784, 37 German families were settled here in the course of the Josephine colonization.