Żyrowa

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Żyrowa

Total population

760

Coordinates50.45°, 18.13°

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

Overview

Żyrowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zdzieszowice, within Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Theodor Aufrecht

German indologist (1822–1907)

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Walter Migula

German botanist (1863-1938)

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Eugen Piwowarsky

German chemist (1891–1953)

B

Berthold Altaner

German Church historian and theologian (1885-1964)

B

Bruno Schindler

German sinologist (1882–1964)

C

Christian Werner

Austrian Roman Catholic bishop and theologian

Hubert Krautwurst

German concentration camp guard (1924–1948)

Henryk Kroll

Polish politician

Józef Cebula

Beatified by Catholic church (1902–1941)

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Christa Strobel

German actress (1924–2018)

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Hans Lipinsky-Gottersdorf

German writer (1920-1991)

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Max Hirsch

German physician (1875–1945)

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Gotthard Lerch

German engineer

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Gerhard Erren

German teacher

Gerhard Schaffran

German Roman-Catholic priest and theologian (1912-1996)

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Joseph Faltin

German politician, lawyer and notary (1852-1933)

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.

Recently spotted species

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-18

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-17

great horsetail

Equisetum telmateia

Seen 2026-09-17

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-17

White Sweetclover

Melilotus albus

Seen 2026-09-16

Tasteless Stonecrop

Sedum sexangulare

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Kidney-Vetch

Anthyllis vulneraria

Seen 2026-09-16

Strawberry Root Weevil

Otiorhynchus ovatus

Seen 2026-09-16

Ant Damselbug

Himacerus mirmicoides

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers