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Trawniki, Opole Voivodeship

Coordinates: 50°18′42″N 17°58′36″E / 50.31167°N 17.97667°E / 50.31167; 17.97667
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Trawniki
Village
Trawniki is located in Poland
Trawniki
Trawniki
Coordinates: 50°18′42″N 17°58′36″E / 50.31167°N 17.97667°E / 50.31167; 17.97667
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyKędzierzyn-Koźle
GminaPawłowiczki
First mentioned1224
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOK

Trawniki [travˈniki] is a village (German: Trawnig) in the administrative district of Gmina Pawłowiczki, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (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

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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

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  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. Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 75.
  3. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 448.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)