Zwiastowice
Zwiastowice
Schwesterwitz | |
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Village | |
 Chapel of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zwiastowice | |
  Zwiastowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°20′9″N 17°57′59″E / 50.33583°N 17.96639°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Prudnik |
| Gmina | Głogówek |
| First mentioned | 1233 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | OPR |
Zwiastowice [zvjastɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Schwesterwitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland,[1] close to the Czech border. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Głogówek, 28 km (17 mi) east of Prudnik, and 37 km (23 mi) south of the regional capital Opole. Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land.
The village is named after a person named Zwiast, and was mentioned under the Latinized Old Polish name Zuestoua in a document from 1233.[2] It was a possession of the Cistercians until secularization in 1810.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b "Zwiastowice" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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