Bliszczyce

Bliszczyce
Village

Bliszczyce
Coordinates: 50°5′N 17°45′E / 50.083°N 17.750°E / 50.083; 17.750
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Głubczyce
Gmina	Branice

Bliszczyce [bliʂˈt͡ʂɨt͡sɛ] (German: Bleischwitz, Czech: Bližčice or Blížčice) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Branice, within Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.^[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Branice, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Głubczyce, and 67 km (42 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).

In the village is a hill Barania Kopa (411.3 metres, Czeska Górka too, Czech: Obecní kopec, German: Gemeinde Berg) and this hill is one of several stops tourist route of Bronisław Juzwiszyn.

Natives

Alfons Tracki (1896–1946) – German priest in Albania

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Branice

Seat	Branice

Other villages	Bliszczyce Boboluszki Dzbańce Dzbańce-Osiedle Dzierżkowice Gródczany Jabłonka Jakubowice Jędrychowice Lewice Michałkowice Niekazanice Posucice Turków Uciechowice Włodzienin Wódka Wysoka

Coordinates: 50°5′N 17°45′E / 50.083°N 17.750°E / 50.083; 17.750

Authority control	GND: 4007112-1

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