Zwiastowice
Schwesterwitz | |
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Village | |
 Chapel of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zwiastowice | |
  Zwiastowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°20′9″N 17°57′59″E / 50.33583°N 17.96639°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Prudnik |
| Gmina | Głogówek |
| First mentioned | 1233 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | OPR |
Zwiastowice [zvjastɔˈvit͡sɛ], additional name in German: Schwesterwitz,[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland,[2] close to the Czech border.
The village is named after a person named Zwiast, and was mentioned under the Latinized Old Polish name Zuestoua in a document from 1233.[3] It was a possession of the Cistercians until secularization in 1810.[3]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Państwowy Rejestr Nazw Geograficznych – miejscowości – format XLSX, Place Names Register of Poland – PRNG, Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography, 23 August 2025, PRNG identifier: 162469
- ^ "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).
- ^ a b "Zwiastowice" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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