Świbie (German: ''Schwieben'') is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Wielowieś
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Gmina Wielowieś is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wielowieś, which lies approximately north of Gliwice and north-west of the regional c ...
, within
Gliwice County,
Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
It lies approximately west of
Wielowieś, north of
Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
.
The village has a population of 1,198.
See also
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Peter Kiołbassa
Peter Kiołbassa (1837 – June 23, 1905) was a Polonia activist and Democratic politician in the city of Chicago, serving as Chicago Treasurer and Commissioner of Public Works. Nicknamed "Honest Pete" because he refused to take city funds fro ...
(1837-1905)
Polonia activist and
Democratic politician in the
City of Chicago who helped organize Chicago's first Roman Catholic parish was born in Świbie
References
Villages in Gliwice County
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