Kielcza | |
Other Name: | German: Keltsch |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Strzelce |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Zawadzkie |
Coordinates: | 50.5667°N 50°W |
Pushpin Map: | Opole Voivodeship#Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Elevation M: | 220 |
Population Total: | 2000 |
Website: | http://www.kielcza.opole.opoka.org.pl/ |
Kielcza (German: Keltsch or German: Keilerswalde|links=no[1]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawadzkie, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, Upper Silesia in south-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south-east of Zawadzkie, 200NaN0 north-east of Strzelce Opolskie, and 440NaN0 east of the regional capital Opole.
The village has a population of 2,000.
The village is believed to be the birthplace of Vincent of Kielcza, Polish canon, writer, poet, author of medieval Polish hymn Gaude Mater Polonia.
Three objects in Kielcza are considered monuments by National Heritage Board of Poland: