Bierawa
Sign in to saveBierawa (, additional name in ) is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bierawa.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bierawa
- Settlement.other_name
- Birawa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 2024-05 Bierawa (01) Widok z lotu ptaka.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Bierawa
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Opole
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Bierawa
- Settlement.total_type
-
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bierawa
- Population
- 1410
- Elevation
- 177
- Official website
- www.bierawa.pl
- Image
- 2024-05 Bierawa (01) Widok z lotu ptaka.jpg
- Dialing code
- 77
- Licence plate code
- OK
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- Commons category
- Bierawa
- postal code
- 47-240
- native label
- Bierawa
- male population
- 651
- female population
- 759
- P8168
- Bagshot Park Mansion
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Bierawa (, additional name in ) is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bierawa.
==History== The name of the village probably comes from the Polish verb brać, which means "to take". In the Middle Ages it was part of Piast-ruled Poland, and afterwards it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia and Germany. In 1936, the German administration changed the name to Reigersfeld in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II the Germans operated two forced labour subcamps (E711, E769) of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the local IG Farben factory. 18 Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II. The village became again part of Poland after the defeat of Germany in World War II in 1945, and its historic Polish name was restored.
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