Dzielnica, Opole Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Dzielnica.
Dzielnica
Dzielnitz
Village
Dzielnica
Dzielnitz
Coordinates: 50°13′37″N 18°12′57″E / 50.22694°N 18.21583°E / 50.22694; 18.21583
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Gmina Cisek
Population 232

Dzielnica [d͡ʑelˈnit͡sa] (German: Dzielnitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cisek, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Cisek, 14 km (9 mi) south of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, and 53 km (33 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).

The village has a population of 232.

Neolithic site

Archeology in the village revealed that it was a site of agricultural settlement as far back as at least 7.5 thousand years ago. There is evidence of growing of wheat, barley and flax, as well as rye (the last one being the oldest attested anywhere in Europe). Found was also a fragment of a ceramic female figurine interpreted as a symbol of fertility (see paleolithic Venus). There are also traces of fortification in a form of V-shaped trenches.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Izabela Żbikowska "Pierwsze żyto w Europie", Gazeta Wyborcza, 2010-09-03 (news article) (in Polish)./


Coordinates: 50°13′37″N 18°12′57″E / 50.22694°N 18.21583°E / 50.22694; 18.21583

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