Orzepowice
Rybnik District
Hospital
Hospital
Coat of arms of Orzepowice
Coat of arms
Location of Orzepowice within Rybnik
Location of Orzepowice within Rybnik
Coordinates: 50°07′00″N 18°31′03″E / 50.116732°N 18.517367°E / 50.116732; 18.517367
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
County/CityRybnik
Population
 (2013)
 • Total3,500
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(+48) 032

Orzepowice (German: Orzupowitz) is a district of Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. In the late 2013 it had about 3,500 inhabitants.[1]

History

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 399 out of 462 voters in Orzepowice voted in favour of joining Poland, against 61 opting for staying in Germany.[2] In 1922 it became a part of Silesian Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic. They were then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Poland.

It was with Wielopole amalgamated with Rybnik in 1973.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Orzepowice" (in Polish). rybnik.eu. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  2. ↑ "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Rybnik County" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. ↑ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 30 listopada 1972 r. w sprawie zmiany granic niektórych miast stanowiących powiaty., Dz. U. z 1972 r. Nr 50, poz. 325


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