Mikolin

Mikolin
Village
Old manor house in Mikolin
Old manor house in Mikolin
Mikolin is located in Poland
Mikolin
Mikolin
Coordinates: 50°48′N 17°42′E / 50.800°N 17.700°E / 50.800; 17.700
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyBrzeg
GminaLewin Brzeski
Population
(approx.)
 • Total
320
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOB
Voivodeship road

Mikolin [miˈkɔlin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lewin Brzeski, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Lewin Brzeski, 17 km (11 mi) south-east of Brzeg, and 23 km (14 mi) north-west of the regional capital Opole.

The name of the village comes from the name Mikołaj (Nicholas).[2]

During World War II, on 21 January 1945, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp passed through the village.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 75.
  3. ^ Stanek, Piotr (2015). "Stalag Luft 7 Bankau i jego ewakuacja na Zachód w styczniu 1945 r.". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 38. Opole: 65. ISSN 0137-5199.


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