Żórawina

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Coat of arms

50°59′N 17°03′E / 50.983°N 17.050°E / 50.983; 17.050Country

PolandVoivodeshipLower SilesianCountyWrocław CountyGminaŻórawinaPopulation

1,700Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationDWRHighways

Żórawina ([ʐuraˈvina]: German: Rothsürben, 1937–1947: Rothbach)^[1]^[2]^[3] is a village (former town) in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[4] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Żórawina.

The village lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of the regional capital, which is Wrocław.

Żórawina is the site of one of Poland's tallest radio masts, the Żórawina radio transmitter.

There is a mass grave of 27 Polish, French, and Belgian prisoners of war murdered by the Germans in the village during World War II.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word żuraw 'crane'.^[5]

Transport

There is a train station in Żórawina, and the A4 motorway runs just east of the village,

Sports

The local football club is KS Żórawina.^[6] It competes in the lower leagues.

References

^ Brzezicki, Sławomir; Nielsen, Christine (2006). Śląsk: zabytki sztuki w Polsce. Warsaw: Krajowy Ośrodek Badań i Dokumentacji Zabytków. p. 1108.
^ von Schlesinger, Edward Georg Gustav (2020). Deutsch–Polnisches & Polnisch–Deutsches Ortschaftswörterbuch. RvS Stiftung. p. 289. ISBN 978-3750409262.
^ Schmidt, Hans-Peter (2007). Schlesien und Preussen. Erkrath: Schweitzerhaus Verlag. p. 153.
^ "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. p. 63.
^ "Klub Sportowy Żórawina" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 December 2022.