Pokrzywnica, Opole Voivodeship
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Pokrzywnica p is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Reńska Wieś
, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County
, Opole Voivodeship
, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Reńska Wieś
, 11 km (7 mi) west of Kędzierzyn-Koźle
, and 38 km (24 mi) south 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 Reńska Wieś
Gmina Renska Wies
Gmina Reńska Wieś, German Gemeinde Reinschdorf is a rural gmina in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County
Kedzierzyn-Kozle County
Kędzierzyn-Koźle County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kędzierzyn-Koźle,...
, 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 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Reńska Wieś
Renska Wies, Kedzierzyn-Kozle County
Reńska Wieś , German: Reinschdorf, is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Reńska Wieś...
, 11 km (7 mi) west of Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Kedzierzyn-Kozle
Kędzierzyn-Koźle is the capital city of Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Silesia, Poland. Kędzierzyn-Koźle is a place of a major river port, has rail connections with all major cities of Poland and serves western outskirts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union....
, and 38 km (24 mi) south 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...
).