Dobrzeń Wielki

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Dobrzeń Wielki

Total population

4,614

Coordinates50.77°, 17.85°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dobrzeń Wielki is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki which has been officially bilingual in Polish and German since 2009. It is bordered by the Popielów municipality to the west; the Pokój municipality to the north, the Murów and Łubniany districts to the east, in addition to Opole city and the Dąbrowa and Lewin Brzeski municipalities to the south.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Sebastian Bieniek

German artist

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Engelbert Miś

German journalist

Franz Wosnitza

German priest and theologian (1902-1979)

Norbert Rasch

German politician

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Wilhelm Kurtz

Polish archbishop

Gerd Dudek

German musician (1938–2022)

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Sylvia Kollek

Gernot Duda

German actor and voice actor (1928-2004)

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Günter Spörrle

German actor (1936–2024)

Lorenz Schwietz

Prussian executioner

Rudi Ogrissek

German cartographer, historian and geodesist (1926-1999)

Josef Kociok

World War II fighter ace (1918–1943)

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Piotr Czaczka

Polish handball player

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Alfred Siekierka

Polish speedway rider

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Antoni Kost

Polish politician and deputy

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Antoni Mehl

Polish sculptor (1905–1967)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Dobrzeń Wielki

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers