Krzanowice (german: Kranowitz, from 1936 to 1945 ''Kranstädt'') is a town in

Racibórz County __NOTOC__ Racibórz County ( pl, powiat raciborski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polis ...

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian V ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

, with 2,157 inhabitants (2019). It lies just a few kilometers from the border with the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Notable people

Vincenz Kollar Vincenz Kollar (15 January 1797 in Kranowitz, Silesia – 30 May 1860 in Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He was especially concerned with species of economic interest, particularly those of forests. Kollar descr ...

(1797–1860), Austrian entomologist * Max Schirschin (1921–2013), German footballer * Anna Bocson (born 1936), Polish-Australian athlete

Gallery

File:Krzanowice, domy II.jpg, Street File:Krzanowice, domy I.jpg, Houses on the square File:Krzanowice pro memoria.jpg, Memorial

References

Racibórz County Cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship {{Racibórz-geo-stub