Świerklany Górne | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rybnik |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Świerklany |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1305 |
Coordinates: | 50.0167°N 53°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 3900 |
Świerklany Górne (pronounced as /pl/) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świerklany, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south-east of Jankowice Rybnickie, 80NaN0 south of Rybnik, and 400NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Swrklant debent esse XXIII) mansi.[2] [3]