Jankowice Wielkie
Village
Church of the Assumption
Church of the Assumption
Jankowice Wielkie is located in Poland
Jankowice Wielkie
Jankowice Wielkie
Coordinates: 50°46′N 17°26′E / 50.767°N 17.433°E / 50.767; 17.433
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyBrzeg
GminaOlszanka
Population
 • Total750
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOB
Voivodeship road

Jankowice Wielkie [jankɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1]

The settlement os located in the historic Lower Silesia region, approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Olszanka, 12 km (7 mi) south of Brzeg, and 37 km (23 mi) west of the regional capital Opole.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the given name Janek or Janko, a diminutive of Jan (John).[2][3]

In the final stages of World War II, in January 1945, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp passed through the village.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 64.
  3. ↑ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 14.
  4. ↑ Stanek, Piotr (2015). "Stalag Luft 7 Bankau i jego ewakuacja na Zachód w styczniu 1945 r.". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). Opole. 38: 65. ISSN 0137-5199.



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