Walidrogi 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 Tarnów Opolski, within
Opole County,
Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
It is located in the historic
Upper Silesia region, approximately north-west of
Tarnów Opolski
Tarnów Opolski (german: Tarnau) is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tarnów Opolski. It lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Op ...
and south-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 ...
.
The settlement was established in 1773 at the behest of the
Prussian government under King
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...
, who had conquered the lands in the First
Silesian War of 1740–42. It was named after the Prussian minister von der Schulenburg. Like several other townships around Opole, it is officially
bilingual
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in Polish and German.
References
{{Gmina Tarnów Opolski
Walidrogi