Jejkowice
Sign in to saveJejkowice (German Jeykowitz, old name Jajkowice) is a village in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jejkowice. It lies approximately north-west of Rybnik and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
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- Jejkowice
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- Village
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- School in Jejkowice
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- Poland
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- Voivodeship
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- Silesian
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- Rybnik County
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- Gmina
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- Jejkowice
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- right
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- 260
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- 280
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- 3540
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- CET
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Jejkowice (German Jeykowitz, old name Jajkowice) is a village in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jejkowice. It lies approximately north-west of Rybnik and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
During World War II, a local Polish policeman was murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.
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