Wyry
Sign in to saveWyry () () is a village in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wyry. It lies approximately south of Mikołów and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wyry
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
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- Wyry kosciol 2.jpg
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- Sacred Heart church in Wyry
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- Country
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- Poland
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- Voivodeship
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- Silesian
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- County
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- Mikołów
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- Gmina
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- Wyry
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- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1287
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- Poland
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- right
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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- +1
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Wyry () () is a village in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wyry. It lies approximately south of Mikołów and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
==History== The village was first mentioned in a 1287 document of Mieszko I, Duke of Cieszyn, when it was part of Piast-ruled fragmented Poland. Its name comes from an Old Polish word wir, meaning "spring".