Krzyżowa Dolina
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Krzyżowa Dolina | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°39′1″N 18°13′17″E / 50.65028°N 18.22139°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Opole Voivodeship |
County | Opole County |
Gmina | Ozimek |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | OPO |
Krzyżowa Dolina [kʂɨˈʐɔva dɔˈlina] (German Kreuzthal) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ozimek, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Ozimek and 21 km (13 mi) east of the regional capital Opole.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word krzyż, which means "cross".[2] It translates to "cross valley".
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 130.