Żórawina | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wrocław County |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Żórawina |
Coordinates: | 50.9833°N 20°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland#Lower Silesian Voivodeship |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 1700 |
Registration Plate: | DWR |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Highways |
Żórawina (: German: Rothsürben, 1937–1947: German: Rothbach)[1] [2] [3] is a village (former town) in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[4] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Żórawina.
The village lies approximately 16km (10miles) south of the regional capital, which is Wrocław.
Żórawina is the site of one of Poland's tallest radio masts, the Żórawina radio transmitter.
There is a mass grave of 27 Polish, French, and Belgian prisoners of war murdered by the Germans in the village during World War II.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word żuraw 'crane'.[5]
There is a train station in Żórawina, and the A4 motorway runs just east of the village,
The local football club is KS Żórawina.[6] It competes in the lower leagues.