Jejkowice
Jejkowice | |
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Village | |
School in Jejkowice | |
Jejkowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°6′25″N 18°28′4″E / 50.10694°N 18.46778°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Rybnik County |
| Gmina | Jejkowice |
| Highest elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,540 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | SRB |
| Website | http://www.jejkowice.pl/ |
Jejkowice [jɛi̯kɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German Jeykowitz,[1] old name Jajkowice[2]) is a village in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jejkowice.[3] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Rybnik and 42 km (26 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
During World War II, a local Polish policeman was murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Gemeindeverzeichnis Kreis Rybnik [Stand: 1. 1. 1908]". www.territorial.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom III - wynik wyszukiwania - DIR". dir.icm.edu.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 2. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 976. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
- ^ Gurianov, Aleksandr, ed. (2019). Убиты в Калинине, захоронены в Медном. Книга памяти польских военнопленных – узников Осташковского лагеря НКВД, расстрелянных по решению Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) от 5 марта 1940 года (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Общество «Мемориал». p. 212. ISBN 978-5-6041921-4-6.