Siołkowice (german: Schalkowitz or ''Schalkendorf'') is the name of two villages in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
, in the
Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper S ...
, close to the village of
Popielów. One is named
Stare ("Old") Siołkowice, the other being
Nowe ("New") Siołkowice. The village is known as the birthplace of
Jakub Kania
Jakub Kania (July 11, 1872 in Stare Siołkowice near Opole – December 3, 1957 in Stare Siołkowice) was a Polish people, Polish poet, folk writer and national activist. He published in ''Gazeta Opolska'' and ''Katolik newspaper, Katolik''. Durin ...
, a folk poet, and
Edmund Saporski-Woś, the pioneer of Polish settlement in
Brazil
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. For several years
Jan Dzierżon served in the parish in the village (Stare Siołkowice).
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