Strzelce, Oleśnica County

For other places with the same name, see Strzelce.

Strzelce
Village
Strzelce
Coordinates: 51°17′05″N 17°19′31″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Oleśnica
Gmina	Dobroszyce
Population
• Total	480
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DOL

Strzelce [ˈstʂɛlt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobroszyce, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

History

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the old Polish word strzelec, which means "hunter" or "archer".[2]

In 1885, the village had a population of 88.[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. 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. 115.
3. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1890. p. 461.