Wawelno

Wawelno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Wawelno
Settlement.other_name: Bowallno
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Wawlno ortsmitte.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Center of the village
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Opole
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Opole
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Komprachcice
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.population_total: 1200
Settlement.population_footnotes: (approx.)
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Wawelno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

The earliest record of the village comes from . The name is of Polish origin, and comes from the word wąwel. In the past, it was known in Polish as Wawelno, Wąwolno and Bowalno. Under Nazi Germany, in 1936, it was renamed Walldorf to erase traces of Polish origin.

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