Wysoka, Wrocław County
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Wysoka | |
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Village | |
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  Wysoka | |
| Coordinates: 51°2′45″N 17°0′30″E / 51.04583°N 17.00833°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Wrocław |
| Gmina | Kobierzyce |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,036 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | POL |
| Vehicle registration | DWR |
| Highways |  |
Wysoka [vɨˈsɔka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kobierzyce, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Kobierzyce and 10 km (6 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław. It is a southern suburb of Wrocław.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word wysoka, which means "high", referring to the elevation of the village.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ 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. 137.
- ^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 19.
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