Bodzanowice
Village
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Bodzanowice is located in Poland
Bodzanowice
Bodzanowice
Bodzanowice is located in Opole Voivodeship
Bodzanowice
Bodzanowice
Coordinates: 50°54′24″N 18°37′23″E / 50.90667°N 18.62306°E / 50.90667; 18.62306
Country Poland
Voivodeship Opole
CountyOlesno County
GminaGmina Olesno
Population
1,080
Websitehttp://www.bodzanowice.olesno.pl

Bodzanowice [bɔd͡zanɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Olesno and 56 km (35 mi) north-east of the regional capital Opole.

Notable residents

  • Helmuth von Pannwitz (14 October 1898 – 16 January 1947) Wehrmacht general and SS Cossack Cavalry Corps officer executed alongside his Cossack soldiers for fighting against the Soviet Union. When Pannwitz was given the option to return to his home country, he refused and chose to stay with his men whom he died with.

References

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



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