| Jankowice Wielkie | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Brzeg |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Olszanka |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.7667°N 43°W |
| Population Total: | 750 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | OB |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship road |
Jankowice Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1]
The settlement os located in the historic Lower Silesia region, approximately 4km (02miles) south-west of Olszanka, 120NaN0 south of Brzeg, and 370NaN0 west of the regional capital Opole.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the given name Janek or Janko, a diminutive of Jan (John).[2] [3]
In the final stages of World War II, in January 1945, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp passed through the village.[4]