__NOTOC__ Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki, German Gemeinde Groß Döbern is a rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

(administrative district) in

Opole County __NOTOC__ Opole County ( pl, powiat opolski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reform ...

Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper S ...

, in south-western

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. Its seat is the village of

Dobrzeń Wielki Dobrzeń Wielki (; German: Groß Döbern ) is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki (rural community) which has been officially bilingual in Polish and German since 2009 ...

, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital

Opole Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,457. Since 2009 the commune, like much of the surrounding area, has been a bilingual commune in German and Polish. The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

called

Stobrawa Landscape Park Stobrawa Landscape Park (''Stobrawski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-western Poland, established in 1999, covering an area of in the region of the Stobrawa river. The Park lies within Opole Voivodeship: in ...

Villages

Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki contains the villages and settlements of:

, Borki, Brzezie, Chróścice,

Czarnowąsy Czarnowąsy (german: Czarnowanz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Geography It is situated on the Mała Panew river near its confluence with ...

, Dobrzeń Mały,

Krzanowice Krzanowice (german: Kranowitz, from 1936 to 1945 ''Kranstädt'') is a town in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,157 inhabitants (2019). It lies just a few kilometers from the border with the Czech Republic. Notable people ...

, Kup, Świerkle.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki is bordered by the city of

and by the gminas of Dąbrowa,

Łubniany Łubniany (German ''Lugnian'', 1936-45: Lugendorf) is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łubniany. It lies approximately north of the regiona ...

, Murów, Pokój and Popielów.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki is twinned with two other towns, these being: *

Heuchelheim Heuchelheim (official name: ''Heuchelheim a. d. Lahn'') is a municipality in the district of Gießen, in Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. ...

, Germany *

Wil Wil () is the capital of the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged in ...

, Switzerland

References

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