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Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Górzec
Village
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Coordinates: 50°48′39″N 17°04′28″E / 50.81083°N 17.07444°E / 50.81083; 17.07444
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyStrzelin
GminaStrzelin

Górzec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzelin, within Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Strzelin, and 36 kilometres (22 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word góra, which means "hill".

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 146.
  3. Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 18.
Gmina Strzelin
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