Przyszowice Explained

Przyszowice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gliwice
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Gierałtowice
Coordinates:50.25°N 63°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:3199
Website:http://www.przyszowice.com/

Przyszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gierałtowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] The village lies approximately 5km (03miles) north-east of Gierałtowice, 70NaN0 south-east of Gliwice, and 180NaN0 west of the regional capital Katowice.

Among the most notable landmarks of the area is an eclectic palace of the von Raczek family built between 1890 and 1895, the St. John of Nepomuk's Church built in 1938 and a wooden granary of 1829. During the final stages of World War II the village was the site of the Przyszowice massacre in which roughly 70 Polish civilians were murdered by the Red Army.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.