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Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Turów
Village
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in TurówChurch of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Turów
Turów is located in PolandTurówTurów
Coordinates: 50°59′44″N 17°3′56″E / 50.99556°N 17.06556°E / 50.99556; 17.06556
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyWrocław
GminaŻórawina
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDWR
Primary airportCopernicus Airport Wrocław
Highways
Voivodeship roads

Turów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żórawina, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-east of Żórawina and 15 km (9 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław.

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

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 63.
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