Ptakowice is a

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in the administrative district of

Gmina Zbrosławice __NOTOC__ Gmina Zbrosławice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Zbrosławice (germ. Broslawitz), which lies approximately south-west of Tarnow ...

, within

Tarnowskie Góry County __NOTOC__ Tarnowskie Góry County ( pl, powiat tarnogórski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gove ...

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 V ...

, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of

Zbrosławice Zbrosławice (german: Broslawitz, 1936–1945: ''Dramatal-West''; szl, Zbrosławicy) is a village in Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zbrosław ...

, south-west of

Tarnowskie Góry Tarnowskie Góry (German: ''Tarnowitz''; szl, Tarnowske Gōry) is a town in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice. On the south it borders the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a megalopolis, the greater Si ...

, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice. The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word ''ptak'', which means "bird". The Black Trout Adit, part of the Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry, a

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, is located in Ptakowice. In 1822,

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deposits were discovered in the village. In 1861, the village had a population of 714.

Transport

The

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runs nearby, south of the village.

References

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