, settlement_type =
District of
Wrocław
, image_skyline = Wroclaw Kowale train station 2017 P02.jpg
, image_map = Wrocław Kowale.png
, map_caption = Location of Kowale within Wrocław
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name =
, subdivision_type1 =
Voivodeship
, subdivision_name1 =
Lower Silesian
, subdivision_type2 =
County/City
, subdivision_name2 =
Wrocław
, established_date = 1928
, established_date1 = 1991
, established_title = Incorporated into the city
, established_title1 = Established the modern-day district
, parts_type = Notable landmarks
, parts_style = para
, population_total = 12793
, population_as_of = 2022
, population_density_km2 = auto
, population_note =
, timezone =
CET
, utc_offset = +1
, timezone_DST =
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, utc_offset_DST = +2
, area_code = +48 71
, website
kowale.wroclaw.pl
Kowale (, , ) is a
district in
Wrocław located in the north-eastern part of the city. It was established in the territory of the former
Psie Pole
Psie Pole () (polish: ''Dog Field'') is one of the five administrative districts of Wrocław, Poland. Before 1928, it was an independent city. Its functions were largely taken over on 8 March 1990 by the Municipal Office of the newly established ...
district.
Initially a village, the settlement was incorporated into Breslau (today's Wrocław) in 1928.
Name
The name of the village derives from the Polish word kowal''
' ('smith'). Heinrich Adamy, in his work on local names in Silesia published in 1888 in Breslau, lists the Polish form ''Kowalowice'' as the original recorded name of the locality, giving its meaning as ''Schmiededorf'' ('smith village').
The name was phonetically
Germanized
Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people and culture. It was a central idea of German conservative thought in the 19th and the 20th centuries, when conservatism and ethnic nationalism went hand in hand. In ling ...
to ''Cawallen'', losing its original meaning.
History
In 1991, after reforms in the administrative division of Wrocław, Kowale became one of the city's 48 districts.
References
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Districts of Wrocław