Wójcice, Opole Voivodeship
Wójcice | |
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Village | |
  Wójcice | |
| Coordinates: 50°27′45″N 17°12′44″E / 50.46250°N 17.21222°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Nysa |
| Gmina | Otmuchów |
| Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Population | 860 |
Wójcice [vui̯ˈt͡ɕit͡sɛ] (German: Woitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Otmuchów, 9 km (6 mi) west of Nysa, and 56 km (35 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole. The village has a population of 860.
History
The region became German-speaking over the centuries by German Ostsiedlung, but the village of Woitz was mentioned as sill being Polish-speaking in 1495, when bishop of Breslau Johann Roth ordered the village population to learn German. [2] Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Walter Kuhn, Geschichte der deutschen Ostsiedlung in der Neuzeit, Vol. 1 (Cologne 1955), p. 101
50°27′45″N 17°12′44″E / 50.46250°N 17.21222°E
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