| Kobylice | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Kobylice | |
| Coordinates: 50°19′1″N 18°10′4″E / 50.31694°N 18.16778°E / 50.31694; 18.16778 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
| Gmina | Cisek |
| Population | 527 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | OK |
Kobylice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cisek, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Cisek, 5 km (3 mi) south-west of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, and 43 km (27 mi) south-east of the regional capital Opole.
History
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word kobyła, which means "mare". In the late 19th century, it had an almost entirely Catholic population of 456.
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. pp. 57–58.
- Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warsaw. 1884. p. 215.
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External links
- Jewish Community in Kobylice on Virtual Shtetl
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