Marszowice is a neighborhood of
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
, Poland, located in the western part of the city.
Details
The name of the settlement is derived from the Polish word ''marsz'', which means "
march
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 2 ...
", in reference to marches when horses were herded to pasture.
The Marszowice
Barrage with a hydroelectric power station is located in the neighborhood.
Marszowice was partially flooded during the
2024 Central European floods
The 2024 Central European floods were a series of floods caused by a record heavy rainfall generated by Storm Boris, an extremely humid Genoa low. The flooding began in Austria and the Czech Republic, then spread to Poland, Romania and Slova ...
, however, for the most part, houses and apartment blocks were spared thanks to anti-flood embankments built in the meantime.
References
Districts of Wrocław
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