Kostomłoty is a village (former

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) in

Środa Śląska County Środa 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 Środa: * Środa Śląska, in south-west Poland (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) * Środa Wielkopo ...

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, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (

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) called

Gmina Kostomłoty __NOTOC__ Gmina Kostomłoty is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Kostomłoty, which lies approximately south of Środa Śląska and ...

Administrative division

In 1954–1972, the village belonged to and was the seat of the Kostomłoty Gromada. In the years 1975-1998 it administratively belonged to the Wrocław Voivodeship.

Location

It lies approximately south of

Środa Śląska Środa Śląska (, ; ) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Środa Śląska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Środa Śląska. The town lies approximately w ...

and west of the regional capital

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, on the Kostomłoty plain. About a kilometre from the village there lies the junction of the A4 autostrada with the National road 5. The 274 railway line runs to the south-west of Kostomłoty, the nearest station is located to the east, in

Kąty Wrocławskie Kąty Wrocławskie (; ), often abbreviated to Kąty, is a town in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie. It lies approximately so ...

Etymology

The Polish name of the village is derived from the word ''kość'' (pl. ''bone'') and ''młócić'' (pl. ''to thresh''). The German name ''Kostenblut'' is the phonological adaptation of the earlier Slavic form. The existence of the phonologically similar German words ''kosten'' (''to cost'') and ''Blut'' (''blood'') played a role in adapting this name. One of the first mentions of the village comes from a document from the year 1203, published by Cyprian, Bishop of Wrocław, in which it is mentioned in the

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, Latinized form ''Costomlot''. The following spellings of the village's name were used throughout history: * ''Forum Costinlot'', 1149 * ''Costomlat'', 1193 * ''civitas Costomlot'', 1254 * ''Costenblut'', 1284 * ''Kostenblut'', 1614 * ''Kostomłoty'', after 1945

References

Villages in Środa Śląska County Former populated places in Lower Silesian Voivodeship {{ŚrodaŚląska-geo-stub