Kopice, Opole Voivodeship

Kopice
Village
Kopice
Coordinates: 50°38′53″N 17°27′21″E / 50.64806°N 17.45583°E / 50.64806; 17.45583
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Brzeg
Gmina	Grodków
Population	1,200

Kopice [kɔˈpit͡sɛ] (German: Koppitz, 1936-1945 Schwarzengrund) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodków, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Grodków, 25 km (16 mi) south of Brzeg, and 34 km (21 mi) west of the regional capital Opole.

Church

Kopice Palace, 2007

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). The Schaffgotsch noble family left a Neo-Gothic palace, today in ruins.

The village has a population of 1,200.

References

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

External links

(Polish) Kopice palace
(Polish) Photo gallery

Gmina Grodków

Town and seat	Grodków

Villages	Bąków Bogdanów Gałązczyce Gierów Głębocko Gnojna Gola Grodkowska Jaszów Jędrzejów Jeszkotle Kobiela Kolnica Kopice Lipowa Lubcz Mikołajowa Młodoszowice Nowa Wieś Mała Osiek Grodkowski Polana Przylesie Dolne Rogów Starowice Strzegów Sulisław Tarnów Grodkowski Więcmierzyce Wierzbna Wierzbnik Wojnowiczki Wojsław Wójtowice Żarów Żelazna Zielonkowice

Coordinates: 50°38′53″N 17°27′21″E / 50.64806°N 17.45583°E / 50.64806; 17.45583

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