| Kopalina | |
| Settlement Type: | Settlement |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Krapkowice |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Strzeleczki |
| Coordinates: | 50.4931°N 17.8239°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland#Poland Opole Voivodeship |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | OKR |
Kopalina is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Strzeleczki, within Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) north-west of Strzeleczki, 110NaN0 west of Krapkowice, and 210NaN0 south of the regional capital Opole. Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land.
In the 10th century the area became part of the emerging Polish state, and later on, it was part of Poland, Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia, and Germany. In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to Roding to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated the E195 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[2] After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.