Zwiastowice

Zwiastowice , additional name in German: Schwesterwitz, is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border.

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Settlement.name: Zwiastowice
Settlement.other_name: Schwesterwitz
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: 2011-10 Zwiastowice 04 Kaplica Najświętszej Maryi Panny.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Chapel of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zwiastowice
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Opole
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Prudnik
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Głogówek
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1233
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Zwiastowice
Country: Poland
Located in: Gmina Głogówek
Population: 201
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: 2011-10 Zwiastowice 04 Kaplica Najświętszej Maryi Panny.jpg
Licence plate code: OPR

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Commons category: Zwiastowice
native label: Zwiastowice
P6482: Zwiastowice
postal code: 48-250
male population: 94
female population: 107

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The village is named after a person named Zwiast, and was mentioned under the Latinized Old Polish name Zuestoua in a document from 1233. It was a possession of the Cistercians until secularization in 1810.

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