Wronin, Opole Voivodeship

See also: Wronin, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Wronin
Village
Wronin is located in Poland
Wronin
Wronin
Coordinates: 50°11′N 18°5′E / 50.183°N 18.083°E / 50.183; 18.083
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyKędzierzyn-Koźle
GminaPolska Cerekiew
Population
347
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOK
Voivodeship roads

Wronin [ˈvrɔnin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Polska Cerekiew, 21 km (13 mi) south-west of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, and 55 km (34 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word wrona, which means "crow".[2] In documents from 1294 and 1532 it was also mentioned under its Old Polish name Wronów.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. pp. 64–65.
  3. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV (in Polish). Warsaw. 1895. p. 52.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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