Kobylice is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Cisek
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Gmina Cisek, German Gemeinde Czissek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Cisek (Czissek), which lies approximately south of Kę ...
, within
Kędzierzyn-Koźle County
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Kędzierzyn-Koźle County ( pl, powiat kędzierzyńsko-kozielski) 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 ...
,
Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
It lies approximately north-west of
Cisek
Cisek (german: Czissek, 1935-45: Friedenau ) is an agricultural village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Cisek.
It lies approximately s ...
, south-west of
Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Kędzierzyn-Koźle (german: Kandrzin-Cosel, szl, Kandrzin-Koźle) is a city in southern Poland, the administrative center of Kędzierzyn-Koźle County. With 58,899 inhabitants as of 2021, it is the second most-populous city in the Opole Voivodes ...
, and south-east 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 ...
.
History
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word ''kobyła'', which means "
mare". In the late 19th century, it had an almost entirely
Catholic population of 456.
References
External links
Jewish Community in Kobyliceon Virtual Shtetl
Kobylice
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