Rój
Rój | |
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Żory District | |
Exaltation of the Holy Cross church | |
Location of Rój within Żory | |
Coordinates: 50°02′09.395″N 18°36′51.426″E / 50.03594306°N 18.61428500°ECoordinates: 50°02′09.395″N 18°36′51.426″E / 50.03594306°N 18.61428500°E | |
Country |
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Voivodeship | Silesian |
County/City | Żory |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code(s) | (+48) 032 |
Rój (German: Roy) is a district in the south-west of Żory, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.
The medieval name Ray, denoted a paradise, it was later pronounced by locals (see Silesian dialects) as Roj, which later transformed into Rój, literally a swarm of bees.
History
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Regno Dei id est Ray ex ordinacione datur ferto singulis annis.[1][2]
After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 335 out of 375 voters in Rój voted in favour of joining Poland, against 40 opting for staying in Germany.[3]
In years 1945-1954 the village was a part of gmina Boguszowice.
References
- ↑ Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis (in German). Breslau.
- ↑ "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Rybnik County" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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