Świerklany Górne
Village in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
50°1′N 18°35′E / 50.017°N 18.583°E / 50.017; 18.583![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png)
Świerklany Górne (Polish: [ɕfjɛrˈklanɨ ˈɡurnɛ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świerklany, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Jankowice Rybnickie, 8 km (5 mi) south of Rybnik, and 40 km (25 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Swrklant debent esse XXIII) mansi.[2][3]
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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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
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Gmina Świerklany
- Jankowice Rybnickie
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- Michałkowice
- Świerklany Dolne
- Świerklany Górne
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