Elamur LocationsZdzieszowice
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Zdzieszowice — Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.
Other forms in use:
- Deschowitz — German historical name, used before the Nazi-period change to Odertal in 1936.
- Odertal — German name imposed in 1936 and used until 1945.
- Odertal O.S. — Qualified German historical form; O.S. stands for Oberschlesien, Upper Silesia.
- Źdźyszowicy — Silesian local name quoted in English geographical references.
- Zdzyszowicy — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Źdźyszowicy for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Zdzieszowice — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Deschowitz — German historical name used in French regional history; current French reference usage retains the Polish name.
- Odertal — Nazi-period German name, imposed in 1936 and used until 1945; French historical retrieval only.
About
Zdzieszowice is an industrial town near the Oder in Poland's Opole region. It is associated with coke production and lies near the hills around Saint Anne's Mountain.
Notes
Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzieszowice ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzieszowice.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1002944 · JSON
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