Zabór Wielki () is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Miękinia
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Gmina Miękinia is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Miękinia, which lies approximately east of Środa Śląska, and west ...
, within
Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska County Åšroda is the Polish word for Wednesday. It appears in the names of Polish towns holding Wednesday weekly fairs.
There are two towns in Poland called Åšroda:
* Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska, in south-west Poland (Lower Silesian Voivodeship)
* Åšroda Wielkopols ...
,
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...
, in south-western Poland.
It lies approximately north-west of
Miękinia, north-east of
Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska
Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska (german: Neumarkt in Schlesien) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska. The ...
, and north-west 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 ...
.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the words ''za'' and ''bór'', meaning "behind a
coniferous forest
Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All exta ...
".
In 1842, the village had a population of 244.
The Nature reserve Zabór is located near Zabór Wielki.
References
Villages in Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska County
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