Żużela is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Krapkowice
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Gmina Krapkowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Krapkowice, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Opole.
The ...
, within
Krapkowice County
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Krapkowice County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 199 ...
,
Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Silesia. A relatively lar ...
, in southern Poland.
History
It was first mentioned as Susela in 1213, when it was part of
Piast
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great.
Branches of ...
-ruled Poland.
[Rawska K.: ''Atrakcje powiatu krapkowickiego. Przewodnik''. Studio Wydawnicze Plan, Wrocław, ] The name is of Polish origin and comes from the word ''żużel'', which means either "cinder" or "slag".
Under
Nazi Germany
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, in 1934, it was renamed ''Schlacken'' to erase traces of Polish origin.
A Polish citizen was murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.
Main sights
* manor house
* wayside shrines (19th century, 1913 and one undated)
* forge (built before 1939)
* three granite glacial erratics stated as natural monuments
References
Villages in Krapkowice County
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