| Wierzbica Górna | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kluczbork |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wołczyn |
| Coordinates: | 51.0278°N 17.9794°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Population Total: | 1141 |
Wierzbica Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wołczyn, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) west of Wołczyn, 180NaN0 west of Kluczbork, and 410NaN0 north of the regional capital Opole.
In 1945–1954 it was the seat of the rural administrative district of Wierzbica Górna.
In 1975–1998 it administratively belonged to the province of Opole. Belonging to Wierzbica Górna are the rural hamlets Międzybrodzie and Leśnicówka (Wałda) along with settlements Cegielnia ('brickyard') and Kołaczek ('circular wedding bread').
For the history of the region, see Upper Silesia.
In 1295 the Latin Chronicle Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (English: The Book of the Salaries of the Bishops of Wrocław) lists the town in the Latin as in the passage . It also gives the name as indicating that it was named according to Polish law.[2] [3]
The geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland issued at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries has the name as Wierzbica Polska in Polish and Polnisch Wuerbitz in German.[4]
In 1911, when it was part of the German Empire, the rural community of Polnisch Würbitz was renamed Würbitz. On May 27, 1936, the name of the place was changed to Oberweiden O.S.