Krzyżowice (German ''Kreisewitz'') 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 Olszanka, within
Brzeg County,
Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
It lies approximately north-west of
Olszanka, south of
Brzeg, and 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 name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word ''krzyż'', which means "cross".
Notable residents
*
Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz
Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz German source for this Article (9 February 1795, Gut Kreisewitz in Alzenau, Lower Silesia – 21 October 1885 in Berlin) is a Royal Prussian Lieutenant-General of Infantry, who supervised the building of the l ...
(1795–1885), Prussian Lieutenant-General
References
Villages in Brzeg County
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