Przyszowice

Przyszowice
Village

Palace in Przyszowice
Przyszowice
Coordinates: 50°15′N 18°45′E / 50.250°N 18.750°E / 50.250; 18.750
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Gliwice County
Gmina Gierałtowice
Population 3,199
Website http://www.przyszowice.com/

Przyszowice [pʂɨʂɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German Preiswitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gierałtowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] The village has a population of 3,199. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Gierałtowice, 7 km (4 mi) south-east of Gliwice, and 18 km (11 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Among the most notable landmarks of the area is an eclectic palace of the von Raczek family built between 1890 and 1895, the St. John of Nepomuk's Church built in 1938 and a wooden granary of 1829. During the final stages of World War II the village was the site of the Przyszowice massacre in which roughly 70 Polish civilians were murdered by the Red Army.

References

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

Coordinates: 50°15′N 18°45′E / 50.250°N 18.750°E / 50.250; 18.750

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