Kwiatków (german: Blumenthal) is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Otmuchów, within
Nysa County,
Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the
Czech border.
It lies approximately south-east of
Otmuchów
Otmuchów (pronounced: ; german: Ottmachau) is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,581 inhabitants (2019).
Etymology
The city was mentioned for the first time as ''Otemochow'' in 1155. It was named in its Old Polish form ''Ot ...
, south-west of
Nysa
Nysa may refer to:
Greek Mythology
* Nysa (mythology) or Nyseion, the mountainous region or mount (various traditional locations), where nymphs raised the young god Dionysus
* Nysiads, nymphs of Mount Nysa who cared for and taught the infant ...
, and south-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 village has a population of 99, and is the birthplace of Alexander von Falkenhausen, a German military officer in China and Belgium.
People from Kwiatków
*
Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878-1966), German general
References
Villages in Nysa County
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