Cieśle (german: Zessel) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Oleśnica County,

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...

, in south-western Poland. In 1871-1945 it was part of Germany. It lies approximately north-east of Oleśnica, and east of the regional capital Wrocław.

Notable residents

August Ludwig von Nostitz August Ludwig Ferdinand Count von Nostitz-Ransen (27 December 1777, Zessel, near Öls – 28 May 1866, on his estates at Zobten, near Löwenberg in Schlesien) was a Prussian general who acted as adjutant general to Frederick William III of Pru ...

, Prussian general *

Renata von Scheliha Renata Johanna von Scheliha (born 16 August 1901 in Zessel, Oels, Silesia, German Empire; died 4 November 1967 in New York, USA) was a German classical philologist. She authored a number of books, treatises and monographs and carried out seve ...

, German classical philologist *

Rudolf von Scheliha Rudolf "Dolf" von Scheliha (31 May 1897 – 22 December 1942) was a German aristocrat, cavalry officer and diplomat who became a resistance fighter and anti-Nazi who was linked to the Red Orchestra. Von Scheliha fought in the World War I and thi ...

(1897-1942), German diplomat executed by the German Nazis during World War II

References

Villages in Oleśnica County {{Oleśnica-geo-stub