Zebrzydowice, Silesian Voivodeship
Zebrzydowice | |
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Village | |
Assumption of Mary Church | |
| Coordinates: 49°52′31.43″N 18°37′3.90″E / 49.8753972°N 18.6177500°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Cieszyn |
| Gmina | Zebrzydowice |
| First mentioned | ca. 1305 |
| Population | 5,046 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 43-410 |
| Car plates | SCI |
| Website | http://www.zebrzydowice.pl |
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Zebrzydowice [zɛbʐɨdɔˈvit͡sɛ] ⓘ is a village and the seat of Gmina Zebrzydowice, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, on the Piotrówka River. There is a rail border crossing in the village.
The name of the village is patronymic in origin, derived from personal name Zebrzyd (≤ German Sivrid/Siegfrid), ending alternately with typically Slavic -(ow)ice/(ow)itz or German -dorf meaning a village.