Polska Cerekiew | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Polska Cerekiew |
Coordinates: | 50.2292°N 18.1272°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland#Poland Opole Voivodeship |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 1429 |
Registration Plate: | OK |
Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
Website: | http://www.polskacerekiew.pl/ |
Polska Cerekiew is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Polska Cerekiew.[1] It lies approximately 15km (09miles) south of Kędzierzyn-Koźle and 510NaN0 south of the regional capital Opole.
During World War II, the Germans operated the E253 and E287 forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in the village.[2]
The landmarks of Polska Cerekiew are the Renaissance castle and the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
There is a German minority in the village.