Elamur LocationsŚwierklany
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Świerklany — Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.
Other forms in use:
- Schwirklan — German historical name for the village; not the name of the entire surrounding municipality.
- Schwirklan Ober — German historical name of the upper component village; not equivalent to the whole modern village.
- Schwirklan Nieder — German historical name of the lower component village; not equivalent to the whole modern village.
- Swierklany — Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Świerklany for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Świerklany — Same form as in English; retained for French readers because a separate established French name has not been verified.
Other forms in use:
- Schwirklan — German historical village name for French archival retrieval; independent French prose frequency unverified.
- Schwirklan Ober — German name of the upper component, useful in French archival searches; not a synonym for the full modern village.
- Schwirklan Nieder — German name of the lower component, useful in French archival searches; not a synonym for the full modern village.
- Swierklany — Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Świerklany for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Świerklany is a large village near Rybnik in the Upper Silesian region of southern Poland. It combines the formerly separate villages of Świerklany Górne and Świerklany Dolne.
Notes
Retained supplied village Q16621782; the unqualified English Świerklany page redirects to municipality Q555591. The municipal office operates in the village, although the formal municipality-seat history is more complicated. https://swierklany.pl/nowa-siedziba-urzedu-gminy-swierklany-i-jednostek.html Independent French reference attestation is limited; the main is an editorial choice. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16621782 ; https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Świerklany.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q16621782 · JSON
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