Krzyżowice, Brzeg County
Appearance
Krzyżowice | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°48′N 17°28′E / 50.800°N 17.467°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Opole |
County | Brzeg |
Gmina | Olszanka |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | OB |
Voivodeship roads |
Krzyżowice [kʂɨʐɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German Kreisewitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Olszanka, 8 km (5 mi) south of Brzeg, and 37 km (23 mi) north-west of the regional capital Opole.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word krzyż, which means "cross".[2]
Notable residents
[edit]- Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz (1795–1885), Prussian Lieutenant-General
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 130.