Łowkowice, Kluczbork County

See also: Łowkowice, Krapkowice County

Łowkowice
Łowkowice
Coordinates: 51°2′12″N 18°14′40″E / 51.03667°N 18.24444°E / 51.03667; 18.24444
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Kluczbork County
Gmina	Gmina Kluczbork
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+48 77
Car plates	OKL

Łowkowice [wɔfkɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Lowkowitz or Bienendorf) is a village in Kluczbork County in Opole Voivodeship, Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Kluczbork and 47 km (29 mi) north-east of the regional capital Opole.

History

While part of the Prussian Province of Silesia as Lowkowitz, the village was the place of birth and death of the apiarist Jan Dzierżon, the discoverer of parthenogenesis among bees. In 1936, Nazi Germany renamed the village Bienendorf (German for "Bee Village") in Dzierżon's honor and kept the name until 1945.^[1] The village was placed under Polish administration following World War II and renamed to the traditional Polish name Łowkowice; ironically, Poland also claimed Dzierżon as their own and named nearby Reichenbach Dzierżoniów in his honor.

References

↑ Niemcy "przechrzcili” miejscowość znaną pod polską nazwą w całym świecie (Łowkowice = Bienendorf). Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny, 8 X 1936, nr 280.

Gmina Kluczbork

Town and seat	Kluczbork

Villages	Bąków Bażany Biadacz Bogacica Bogacka Szklarnia Bogdańczowice Borkowice Czaple Wolne Gotartów Krasków Krzywizna Kujakowice Dolne Kujakowice Górne Kuniów Ligota Dolna Ligota Górna Ligota Zamecka Łowkowice Maciejów Nowa Bogacica Przybkowice Smardy Dolne Smardy Górne Stare Czaple Unieszów Żabiniec

Coordinates: 51°2′12″N 18°14′40″E / 51.03667°N 18.24444°E / 51.03667; 18.24444

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