Błażejowice Dolne

History

Traces of human presence in the area of the present-day village of Błażejowice Dolne, confirmed by archaeological research, date back to the Neolithic period. There are also traces of Vandal presence. People inhabited this area continuously, until the Middle Ages. The village was established within medieval Piast-ruled Poland during a period of German colonization of Silesia in the 13th century. Its name was first recorded in a document published in 1358. The second mention was in 1460. The name of the person who established the village was presumably Błażej (Blasius, Blažej). In 1383, knight Heinrich Kuropes sold the village to Adam Bess. Until 1532 it was part of the Piast-ruled Duchy of Opole and Racibórz formed as a result of the medieval fragmentation of Poland into smaller duchies. Afterwards, it was integrated into the Bohemian Crown and Habsburg Empire, administratively becoming part of (circulus superioris Glogoviae) until 1742, and returning to Polish rule under the House of Vasa from 1645 to 1666. After the First Silesian War, it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia was incorporated into Prudnik County (Großkreis Neustadt). The village had its own sigil. In 1865, there were 13 farmers, 15 gardeners and 8 peasants living in the village. There was also a Catholic school, attended by 85 students. In the village, there was an inn named "Im Krug zum grünen Kranze", run by Magdalena Wollek. After the First World War, a monument dedicated to people from Błażejowice Dolne who died in the war, was erected in the village. Only a portion of Prudnik County participated in the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, which was supposed to determine ownership of the Province of Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland. Błażejowice Dolne found itself in the eastern part of the…

Geography

The village is located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship, close to the Czech Republic–Poland border. It is situated in the historical Prudnik Land region, as well as in Upper Silesia. It lies in the Silesian Lowlands. The sołectwo of Błażejowice Dolne has an area of .

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

  Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  235
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  204
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  159
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  142
• Mute Swan

  Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  138
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  138
• Eurasian Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  129
• Montagu's Harrier

  Circus pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  122

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2026-04-09
  1 km WNW of Radlin, Poland
• M 2.9 — 2025-04-29
  4 km WSW of Bytom, Poland
• M 3.2 — 2025-01-27
  1 km NE of Radlin, Poland
• M 2.9 — 2024-07-11
  4 km N of Jejkowice, Poland
• M 3 — 2023-10-04
  2 km W of Murcki, Poland
• M 2.8 — 2023-01-12
  2 km ENE of Karviná, Czechia