Świerczów, Opole Voivodeship

The Gmina Świerczów is a rural municipality in the powiat Namysłowski, in the Opole Voivodeship in south-western part of Poland. Seat of the municipality is the village Świerczów ( German Schwirz ).

Geography

The municipal area extends southeast of the county town Namyslów ( Namslau ).

Community structure

The rural community Świerczów includes eleven districts with a mayor's office ( sołectwo ):

• Bąkowice ( Bankwitz )
• Biestrzykowice ( Ecker Village )
• Dąbrowa ( Dammer )
• Gola ( Gülchen )
• Grodziec ( Groditz )
• Miejsce ( shtetl )
• Miodary ( Hönigern )
• Starościn ( mush village)
• Świerczów ( Schwirz )
• Wężowice ( Wenziowitte )
• Zbica ( Sbitze, 1939-1945 Granitz )

Sons and daughters of the town

• Carl Pfeiffer (1872-1946), German oenologist

Footnotes

Domaszowice ( Noldau ) | Namyslów ( Namslau ) - City | Pokój ( Carlsruhe OS) | Wilków ( Wilkau ) | Świerczów ( Schwirz )

• Gmina in the Opole Voivodship
• Location of the Opole Voivodeship
• Powiat Namysłowski