Trawniki, Opole Voivodeship
Trawniki | |
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Village | |
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  Trawniki | |
| Coordinates: 50°18′42″N 17°58′36″E / 50.31167°N 17.97667°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
| Gmina | Pawłowiczki |
| First mentioned | 1224 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | OK |
Trawniki [travˈniki] is a village (German: Trawnig) in the administrative district of Gmina Pawłowiczki, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Pawłowiczki, 17 km (11 mi) west of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, and 40 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.
Etymology
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word trawnik, which means "lawn".[2] The oldest mention in documents comes from 1224, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. In the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland from 1892, it was mentioned as Trawnik.[3] Under Nazi Germany, the village was renamed to Grünweide in 1936 to erase traces of Polish origin.
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit. Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 75.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 448.
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