Trawniki, Opole Voivodeship
Trawniki [travˈniki] is a village (German: Trawnig) in the administrative district of Gmina Pawłowiczki, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Pawłowiczki, 17 km (11 mi) west of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, and 40 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.
Etymology
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word trawnik, which means "lawn". The oldest mention in documents comes from 1224, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. In the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland from 1892, it was mentioned as Trawnik. Under Nazi Germany, the village was renamed to Grünweide in 1936 to erase traces of Polish origin.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit. Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 75.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 448.
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