Polakowice
Polakowice | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Polakowice Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 50°56′N 17°4′E / 50.933°N 17.067°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Wrocław |
| Gmina | Żórawina |
Polakowice [pɔlakɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żórawina, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Name
The town was first recorded in a Latin document as Pologwitz in 1251. It has also been referred to as Polackowicz (1349), Bolkwicz (1360), Polockwitz (1408), Polokowicz (1456), Pologowitz (1630), Polockwitz/Polckowitz (1669), and Pologwitz (1736).[2] In 1613, Nicholas Henel referred to the town with the Latin name Polocovvitz.[3]
References
- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ Hefftner, Paul (1910). Ursprung und Bedeutung der Ortsnamen im Stadt und Landkreise Breslau (in German). Breslau: Ferdinand Hirt. pp. 131–132.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ↑ Haberland, Detlef (2011). Die „Silesiographia” und „Breslo-Graphia” von Nicolaus Henel von Hennenfeld (in Polish). p. 179. ISBN 978-83-910595-2-4.
