Mieszkowice, Opole Voivodeship

Mieszkowice
Village
St George's church
St George's church
Mieszkowice is located in Poland
Mieszkowice
Mieszkowice
Mieszkowice is located in Opole Voivodeship
Mieszkowice
Mieszkowice
Coordinates: 50°22′56″N 17°28′59″E / 50.38222°N 17.48306°E / 50.38222; 17.48306
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyPrudnik
GminaPrudnik
Highest elevation
306 m (1,004 ft)
Lowest elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
451
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOPR
1906 postcard

Mieszkowice [mjɛʂkɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Dittmannsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prudnik, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Prudnik and 45 km (28 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole. Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land.

The village had a population of 451 in 2011.[2] St George's Catholic church [pl], originally built in the 16th century as a Lutheran church, was added to the Registry of Cultural Property on 15 January 1955.[3]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 1 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Ludność – struktura według ekonomicznych grup wieku" (in Polish). Central Statistical Office (Poland).
  3. ^ "Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych woj. opolskiego" (PDF) (in Polish). National Institute of Cultural Heritage. p. 111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013.