Marklowice
For a village divided in 1920 between Czechoslovakia and Poland, see Dolní Marklovice and Marklowice Górne.
| Marklowice | ||
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Elementary school | ||
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  Marklowice | ||
| Coordinates: 50°1′6″N 18°31′29″E / 50.01833°N 18.52472°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland | |
| Voivodeship | Silesian | |
| County | Wodzisław | |
| Gmina | Marklowice | |
| First mentioned | 1305 | |
| Population | 5,180 | |
| Website | http://www.marklowice.pl/ | |
Marklowice [marklɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Marklowice.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Wodzisław Śląski and 43 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
In 2005 the village had a population of 5,180. The football club Polonia Marklowice, founded in 1922, plays in the village.
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Merclini villa debent esse XXXIII) mansi.[2]
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ↑ Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis (in German). Breslau.
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