Marklowice
Marklowice | |
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Village | |
Elementary school | |
| Coordinates: 50°1′6″N 18°31′29″E / 50.01833°N 18.52472°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Wodzisław |
| Gmina | Marklowice |
| First mentioned | 1305 |
| Population | 5,180 |
| Website | http://www.marklowice.pl/ |
Marklowice [marklɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Marklowice. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Wodzisław Śląski and 43 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice. Between 1975 and 1994 Marklowice was part of the town Wodzisław Śląski.
In 2005 the village had a population of 5,180. The football club Polonia Marklowice, founded in 1922, plays in the village.
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Merclini villa debent esse XXXIII) mansi.