Uszyce (German ''Uschütz'') is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Gorzów Śląski
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Gmina Gorzów Śląski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Gorzów Śląski, which lies approximately north of Olesno and north-east of ...
, within
Olesno County,
Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
It lies approximately north-west of
Gorzów Śląski
Gorzów Śląski (german: Landsberg in Oberschlesien) is a town in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,452 inhabitants (2019).
Notable people
* Nathanael Pringsheim (1823–1894), Jewish German botanist
*Herbert Weichmann
Herbert ...
, north of
Olesno
Olesno is a town in Opole Voivodship, Poland about north-east of the city of Opole. It is the capital of Olesno County and seat of the Gmina Olesno.
History
The area near the ancient Amber Road had been settled since the Neolithic era. Olesno ...
, and north-east of the regional capital
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''Opolí''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...
.
Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.
Notable residents
*
Emanuel Kania (1827-1887), Polish composer born in Uszyce
*
Gertrude Guillaume-Schack
Gertrude Guillaume-Schack (9 November 1845 – 20 May 1903) was a German women's rights activist who pioneered the fight against state-regulated prostitution in Germany, where she was born. She met considerable resistance due to the prevailing bel ...
(1845–1903), German women's rights activist
References
Uszyce
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