Łososiowice Explained

Łososiowice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wołów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Wołów
Coordinates:51.3°N 55°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Population Total:219

Łososiowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wołów, within Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] The earliest mention concerning Łososiowice dates from 1208.[2] It was destroyed in 1431 by the Hussite forces. In 1939 it had a population of 395.

There is a baroque church from 1701 built there, with an inside matroneum. It has three tombstones of Stober family. It had a functioning Roman Catholic parish until 1945. The last pastor of the village, Alois Pohl, died probably during the Soviet offensive of 1945.

It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south of Wołów, and 34km (21miles) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Kodeks dyplomatyczny Śląska (volume II, K.Maleczyński and A.Skowrońska, Wydawnictwo PAN, Wrocław 1959).