__NOTOC__ Gmina Dobrodzień, German Gemeinde Guttentag is an urban-rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...

(administrative district) in

Olesno County __NOTOC__ Olesno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. I ...

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, in south-western

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. Its seat is the town of

Dobrodzień Dobrodzień (German language, German: Guttentag, ) is a small town in Olesno County, in Opole Voivodeship, Poland. Located in the historical region of Upper Silesia, it is the administrative seat of Gmina Dobrodzień. As of December 2021, the town ...

, which lies approximately south of

Olesno Olesno is a town in Opole Voivodeship, Opole Voivodship, in southern Poland, about north-east of the city of Opole. It is the capital of Olesno County and seat of the Gmina Olesno, Opole Voivodeship, Gmina Olesno. History The area near the anci ...

and east of the regional capital

Opole Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,877. Since 2009 the commune has been officially bilingual in German and Polish due to the large German minority in the area, many ethnic Germans have remained despite the area being transferred to Poland after

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Villages

The commune contains the villages and settlements of: *

* Bąki * Błachów * Bzinica Nowa * Bzinica Stara * Główczyce * Gosławice * Klekotna * Kocury * Kolejka *

Ligota Dobrodzieńska Ligota Dobrodzieńska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrodzień, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Dobrodzień, south of Olesno, and east of the regional capit ...

* Makowczyce *

Malichów Malichów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrodzień, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Dobrodzień, south of Olesno, and east of the regional capital Opole ...

* Myślina * Pietraszów *

Pludry Pludry is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrodzień, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The village was part of Germany until 1945. Like other communities in Gmina Dobrodzień/Guttentag, it is of ...

* Rzędowice * Szemrowice * Turza * Warłów * Zwóz

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Dobrodzień is bordered by the gminas of

Ciasna Ciasna is a village in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ciasna. It lies approximately north-west of Lubliniec and north-west of the regional capital Ka ...

, Kolonowskie,

Ozimek Ozimek (; ) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,657 inhabitants (2019). History Ozimek dates back to an early modern period, early modern settlement. It was named both ''Ozimek'' and ''Małapanew'', with both names bei ...

Pawonków Pawonków (German ''Pawonkau'') is a village in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Pawonków. It lies approximately west of Lubliniec and north-west of t ...

Zawadzkie Zawadzkie (, 1936–1945 ''Andreashütte''; ) is a town in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and ...

and Zębowice.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Dobrodzień is twinned with: *

Chortkiv Chortkiv (, ; ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Chortkiv Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings. Chortkiv hosts the administratio ...

, Ukraine *

Haan Haan () is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated at the western edge of the Bergisches Land, 12 km southwest of Wuppertal and 17 km east of Düsseldorf. In 1975, Gruiten was incorporated ...

, Germany

References

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