Łowkowice, Kluczbork County
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Church of the Visitation in Łowkowice | |
Łowkowice | |
| Coordinates: 51°2′12″N 18°14′40″E / 51.03667°N 18.24444°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Kluczbork |
| Gmina | Kluczbork |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 77 |
| Vehicle registration | OKL |
Łowkowice [wɔfkɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in Kluczbork County in Opole Voivodeship in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 km (4 mi) north of Kluczbork and 47 km (29 mi) north-east of the regional capital Opole.
History
The village was mentioned in 1253, when it was part of medieval Piast-ruled Poland. The name of the village is of Polish origin and refers to hunting.[2]
While part of the Prussian Province of Silesia under the Germanized name Lowkowitz, the village was the place of birth and death of the Polish apiarist Jan Dzierżon (1811–1906),[3] the discoverer of parthenogenesis among bees.
In 1936, Nazi Germany renamed the village Bienendorf (German for "Bee Village") and kept the name until 1945. After Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, the village was part of the region that became again part of Poland under the terms of the Potsdam Agreement. It was then renamed to the historical[3] Polish name Łowkowice. Poland renamed the nearby town of Rychbach Dzierżoniów in Dzierżon's honor.
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 11.
- ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. V. Warszawa. 1884. p. 762.
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