Wronin, Opole Voivodeship
Wronin | |
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Village | |
Wronin | |
| Coordinates: 50°11′N 18°5′E / 50.183°N 18.083°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
| Gmina | Polska Cerekiew |
| Population | 347 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | OK |
| Voivodeship roads | |
Wronin ([ˈvrɔnin], additional name in German: Wronin)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[2]
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word wrona, which means "crow".[3] In documents from 1294 and 1532 it was also mentioned under its Old Polish name Wronów.[4]
References
- ^ Państwowy Rejestr Nazw Geograficznych – miejscowości – format XLSX, Place Names Register of Poland – PRNG, Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography, 31 August 2025, PRNG identifier: 151604
- ^ "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).
- ^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. pp. 64–65.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV (in Polish). Warsaw. 1895. p. 52.
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