Niwnica
Encyclopedia
Niwnica n is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Nysa
, within Nysa County
, Opole Voivodeship
, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Nysa
and 44 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
).
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Nysa
Gmina Nysa
Gmina Nysa is an urban-rural gmina in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Nysa, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Opole....
, within Nysa County
Nysa County
Nysa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nysa,...
, Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...
, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Nysa
Nysa, Poland
Nysa is a town in southwestern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river with 47,545 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nysa County. It comprises the urban portion of the surrounding Gmina Nysa, a mixed urban-rural commune with a total population of 60,123 inhabitants...
and 44 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole
Opole
Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
The territorial changes of Poland after World War II were very extensive. In 1945, following the Second World War, Poland's borders were redrawn following the decisions made at the Potsdam Conference of 1945 at the insistence of the Soviet Union...
).