Pogrzebień 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 Kornowac
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Gmina Kornowac is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kornowac, which lies approximately east of Racibórz and west of the regional capital Ka ...
, within
Racibórz County
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Racibórz County ( pl, powiat raciborski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polis ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital.
Despite the Silesian ...
, in southern Poland.
It lies approximately south-west of
Kornowac
Kornowac is a village in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kornowac. It lies approximately east of Racibórz and south-west of the regional capital Kat ...
, east of
Racibórz
Racibórz (german: Ratibor, cz, Ratiboř, szl, Racibōrz) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Racibórz County.
With Opole, Racibórz is one of the historic capitals of Upper Silesia, being t ...
, and west of the regional capital
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
.
The village has a population of 1,100.
History
Other names
* 1258 Pohrzebynia
* 1264 Pogrebyna, Pogrzebyna
* 1313 Pogrebina
* 1358 Pogrebine
* 1532 Pohrebin
* 1679 Pogrzebien
References
* Nouveau traité de géographie, Volume 6, Nouveau traité de géographie, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Anton Friedrich Büsching, P. Gosse jr. D. Pinet, 1772
* Archiv für slavische Philologie, Volume 20, Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Slawistik, Weidmann., 1812-1898
* Wisła: miesięcznik geograficzno-etnograficzny, (Vol. 19), M. Arcta., 1905
* Rozprawy, Volumes 1–3, Wydawnictwa Łódzkiego Towarzystwa Naukowego - Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Zakład im. Ossolinskich, 1954
Погребной (in Russian)
Villages in Racibórz County
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