Małujowice
Village
Saint James the Greater Church
Saint James the Greater Church
Małujowice is located in Poland
Małujowice
Małujowice
Coordinates: 50°50′51″N 17°22′51″E / 50.84750°N 17.38083°E / 50.84750; 17.38083
CountryPoland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyBrzeg
GminaSkarbimierz
First mentioned1288
Population
(approx.)
430
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codePOL
Vehicle registrationOB
National roads

Małujowice [mawujɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarbimierz, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Skarbimierz, 8 km (5 mi) west of Brzeg, and 44 km (27 mi) north-west of the regional capital Opole.

Małujowice houses the landmark Gothic Saint James the Greater church, which contains elaborate 14th-century frescoes. It is designated a Historic Monument of Poland.[2]

History

Frescoes in the Saint James church

The village was first mentioned in 1288 under the Latinized form Malewicz, and then in 1315 as Maluyewicz, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.[3] The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the Polish word mały, which means "small", referring to its size.[3][4]

On 10 April 1741, it was the site of a battle between Prussia and Austria, won by the Prussians.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 listopada 2022 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Małujowice - kościół parafialny pod wezwaniem św. Jakuba Apostoła", Dz. U. z 2022 r. poz. 2390
  3. 1 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. 72.
  4. ↑ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 42.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Mollwitz". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.


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