Sułków is a village in south-western

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, in

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Głubczyce County __NOTOC__ Głubczyce County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ...

, Gmina Baborów. The name of the village comes from the

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male name Sulisław. The oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1340, when it was purchased by Euphemia of Racibórz, local Polish princess of the

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. Between 1871 and 1945 it was part of Germany, however, in the late 19th century the local population was entirely Polish and predominantly

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.''Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich'', Vol. XI, Warsaw, 1890, p. 174 (in Polish) In 1936 the German administration changed the name to ''Zinnatal'' to erase traces of Polish origin. The original Polish name was restored after the village became again part of Poland after the defeat of

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in 1945.

Notable people

Feliks Steuer Feliks Steuer (November 5, 1889 – May 30, 1950) was a Silesian educationist. Education and career Born in Zülkowitz (then Prussian Silesia, now Sulków in Poland). He was educated in Leobschütz (Czech: ''Hlubčice'', Polish: ''Głubczyc ...

(1889–1950), Polish linguist, born in the village

References

Villages in Głubczyce County {{Opole-geo-stub