Płowce

{{Other places|Płowce (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Płowce

| settlement_type = Village

| total_type =  

| image_skyline = Płowce, Kuyavia, Poland, the monument.jpg

| image_caption = Monument at the site of the Battle of Płowce of 1331

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Radziejów

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Radziejów

| coordinates = {{coord|52|36|56|N|18|38|38|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

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| population_total = 570

| registration_plate = CRA

| blank_name_sec2 = National roads

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Płowce {{IPAc-pl|'|p|ł|o|f|c|e}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radziejów, within Radziejów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|9|km|mi|0}} east of Radziejów and {{convert|47|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Toruń.

It is best known for the Battle of Płowce, which took place on 27 September 1331 between the kingdom of Poland (led by King Władysław I Łokietek) and the Teutonic Knights. Although there was no outright winner, it stopped the expansion of the Teutonic Order in the Kuyavia region. The battlefield is marked by a cross and monument.

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{{Gmina Radziejów}}

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Category:Villages in Radziejów County