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8 unusual facts about Opole Voivodeship


Christian Minkus

Christian Minkus (b. May or June 1770 in Klein-Lassowitz – November 20, 1849 in Marienfeld) represented Silesian constituencies of the former German provinces Rosenberg O.S. and Kreuzburg O.S. as a member of the Frankfurt Assembly.

Duke William of Württemberg

Duke William was born at Carlsruhe, Kingdom of Prussia (now Pokój, Poland) was the first child of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), (son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern) by his second marriage to Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807–1880), (daughter of Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie of Solms-Baruth).

Klucz

Klucz, Opole Voivodeship, Gmina Ujazd, Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, Silesia

Ludowe Zespoły Sportowe

The union was established in 1946, with the first sport club LZS Czarnowąsy in Opole Voivodeship.

Neuhammer

German name of Nowa Kuźnia, Opole Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prószków

Peterwitz

Pietrowice, Opole Voivodeship, another village in Poland whose name in German is "Peterwitz."

Popielów

Popielów, Opole Voivodeship, a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Považský hrad

Possession of Podmanitzky, with a hard centre Považský hrad withstood attacks of king's army led by Katzainer, to whom Trencin gave up in the summer of 1528, but they even gained new possessions around Lednica.


German Minority Electoral Committee

At the 2007 Parliamentary elections the candidate list to the Sejm (Polish parliament) got 8.81% of the votes in Opole Voivodeship, and only one seat in the Sejm, Ryszard Galla (8,193 votes).

Włodzimierz Arlamowski

He managed to get into a Soviet Yak-9 plane, which was standing on the tarmac at a military airport in Izbicko (Opole Voivodeship).


see also

Brzeski

Brzeg County (powiat brzeski) in Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland)

Chudoba

Chudoba, Gmina Byczyna, a village in Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland)

Chudoba, Gmina Lasowice Wielkie (German Kudoba), another village in Opole Voivodeship

Peterwitz

Piotrowice Nyskie, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.

Spiny

Spiny, Poland, a village in the district of Gmina Pakosławice, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland