Wiązów (german: Wansen) is a town in
Strzelin County
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Strzelin County ( pl, powiat strzeliński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local ...
,
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western
Poland
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. It is the seat of the administrative district (
gmina) called
Gmina Wiązów
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Gmina Wiązów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Wiązów, which lies approximately east of Strzelin, and south of the regi ...
. The town lies approximately east of
Strzelin
Strzelin (german: Strehlen, cz, Střelín) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is located on the Oława river, a tributary of the Oder, about south of the region's capital Wrocław. It is part of the Wrocław me ...
, and south of the regional capital
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
.
As at 2019, the town has a population of 2,241.
Etymology
The exact origins of the etymology of the town of Wiązów are left unknown, with such, two theories have been formed. The first of which states the settlement's name originates from the
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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word for
elm
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, ''wiąz'', the other states the town's name comes from the word for
snake
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s ''węże''. Both are documented by
Silesian writer Konstanty Damrot, in his 1896 publication documenting
Silesia
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n names, published in
Bytom - ''"von wiąz - Ulme"'' (...) auch von wąż - die Schlange (...)."''
See also
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History of Silesia
In the second half of the 2nd millennium B.C. (late Bronze Age), Silesia belonged to the Lusatian culture. About 500 BC Scyths arrived, and later Celts in the South and Southwest.
During the 1st century BC Silingi and other Germanic people se ...
References
Cities and towns in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Strzelin County
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