Malczyce (german: Maltsch) is a village in
Środa Śląska County Środa is the Polish word for Wednesday. It appears in the names of Polish towns holding Wednesday weekly fairs.
There are two towns in Poland called Środa:
* Środa Śląska, in south-west Poland (Lower Silesian Voivodeship)
* Środa Wielkopols ...
,
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...
, in south-western
Poland
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, situated on the south-west bank of the river
Oder (Odra).
It is the seat of township
Gmina Malczyce. Prior to 1945, it was part of
Germany
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and was considered a city (it possessed civic rights).
Malczyce lies approximately north-west of
Środa Śląska
Środa Śląska (german: Neumarkt in Schlesien) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Środa Śląska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Środa Śląska. The ...
, and west of the regional capital
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
.
The village has a population of 3,100.
See also
*
Średzka Woda
References
Malczyce
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