Wróblin, Opole Voivodeship

Wróblin
Fröbel
Village
Wróblin
Wróblin
Fröbel
Coordinates: 50°18′54″N 17°55′58″E / 50.31500°N 17.93278°E / 50.31500; 17.93278
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Prudnik
Gmina Głogówek
Population 440

Wróblin [ˈvrublin], German Fröbel is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek (Oberglogau), within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Głogówek (Oberglogau), 26 km (16 mi) east of Prudnik, and 40 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). Since 2009 the village, like much of the surrounding area, has been officially bilingual in German and Polish.[2]

The village has a population of 440.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ "List of Minority Place Names in Poland" (PDF).

Coordinates: 50°18′54″N 17°55′58″E / 50.31500°N 17.93278°E / 50.31500; 17.93278

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