Wyszogród,_Lower_Silesian_Voivodeship

Wyszogród, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Wyszogród, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

For other places with the same name, see Wyszogród.

Wyszogród [vɨˈʂɔɡrut] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

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The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the words wysoki gród, which mean "high stronghold", referring to the elevation of the village.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [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. 137.


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