Pyrzowice is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Ożarowice
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Gmina Ożarowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Ożarowice, which lies approximately east of Tarnowskie Góry and north of the ...
, within
Tarnowskie Góry County
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Tarnowskie Góry County ( pl, powiat tarnogórski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gove ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
It lies approximately east of
Ożarowice
Ożarowice is a village in Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ożarowice. It lies approximately east of Tarnowskie Góry and north of the regiona ...
, east of
Tarnowskie Góry, and north of the regional capital
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
. The village has a population of 980, and
Katowice International Airport is located nearby.
Pyrzowice belongs to
Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, part of historic province of
Lesser Poland. The village was first mentioned in 1340, and for centuries, it was part of the
Duchy of Siewierz, property of bishops of
Kraków. Originally, Pyrzowice was owned by Norbertine nuns from Kraków. Across centuries, it changed hands several times. After the
Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 12 ...
, since 1815 it belonged to Russian-controlled
Congress Poland
Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It w ...
, and in 1918 it returned to Poland, as part of
Kielce Voivodeship. In 1940, German occupiers opened an air base in the village of Zendek, which would later become Katowice International Airport.
References
Villages in Tarnowskie Góry County
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