Walim, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Walim
Village
Saint Barbara Church
Coat of arms
Walim
Coordinates: 50°41′53″N 16°26′42″E / 50.69806°N 16.44500°E / 50.69806; 16.44500
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Wałbrzych
Gmina	Walim
Population	2,340
Area code(s)	(+48) 74
Vehicle registration	DBA
Website	www.walim.pl

Walim [ˈvalim] (German: Wüstewaltersdorf, before 1917 written as Wüste Waltersdorf) is a village in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Walim. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Wałbrzych (German: Waldenburg), and 64 kilometres (40 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Walim is situated in the north-west of the Owl Mountains, along the Voivodship Road 383, which leads from Jugowice (Hausdorf) over the Przełęcz Walimska pass to Dzierżoniów (Reichenbach im Eulengebirge). Neighboring towns are Kokrza (Mühlbach) to the north, Michałkowa (Micheldorf), Glinno (Heinrichau) and Toszowice (Toschendorf) to the northeast, Modlęcin (Friedersdorf) and Domachów (Wilhelmsthal) to the east, Siedlików (Zedlitzhaide) and Rzeczka (Dorfbach) to the southeast, Grządki (Grund) and Głuszyca (Wüstegiersdorf) to the southwest, Jedlinka Górna (Blumenau) to the west and Dolki (Niedergrund) and Sędzimierz (Neugericht) to the northwest. To the southeast lies the 1,014 m tall mountain Wielka Sowa, the highest peak of the Owl Mountains.