Bodzanowice

Bodzanowice
Village
Bodzanowice
Coordinates: 50°55′N 18°37′E / 50.917°N 18.617°E / 50.917; 18.617
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Olesno
Gmina Olesno
Population 1,080
Website http://www.bodzanowice.olesno.pl

Bodzanowice [bɔd͡zanɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Botzanowitz, 1936-1945 Grunsruh) 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.

The village has a population of 1,080.

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.


Coordinates: 50°55′N 18°37′E / 50.917°N 18.617°E / 50.917; 18.617

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