Baborów

Baborów
Coat of arms
Baborów
Coordinates: 50°9′28″N 17°58′48″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Głubczyce
Gmina	Baborów
Government
• Mayor	Eugeniusz Jan Waga; since 2010: Elzbieta Kielska
Area
• Total	11.73 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	3,175
• Density	270.7/km2 (701/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	48-120
Car plates	OGL
Website	http://www.baborow.pl

Baborów [baˈbɔruf] (German: Bauerwitz) is a small town in Poland near Głubczyce, Opole Voivodeship.

The first mention of the town comes from 1296 in which a wójt Jarosław is mentioned. The town was most likely founded by a Bohemian magnate, Bavor (Babor). Later it was part of an independent principality, the Austro Hungarian Empire, and then Kingdom of Prussia. After World War II it became part of Poland.

Gmina

• Boguchwałów (Hohndorf)
• Czerwonków (Tschirmkau, 1936-45: Schirmke)
• Dziećmarowy (Dittmerau)
• Dzielów (Eiglau)
• Księże Pole (Knispel)
• Langowo (Langenau)
• Raków (Rakau)
• Sulków (Zülkowitz, 1936-45: Zinnatal)
• Szczyty (Tscheidt, 1936-45: Maxwaldau)
• Tłustomosty (Stolzmütz)

People

• Max Waldau, lived in Tscheidt (Szczyty), now in this gmina.
• Josef Achtelik (or Josef Achtélik), composer
• Carl Ulitzka