Baborów
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Baborów b is a small town in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 near Głubczyce, Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...

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The first mention of the town comes from 1296 in which a wójt Jarosław is mentioned. The town was most likely founded by a Bohemian
Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia was a country located in the region of Bohemia in Central Europe, most of whose territory is currently located in the modern-day Czech Republic. The King was Elector of Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, whereupon it became part of the Austrian Empire, and...

 magnate, Bavor (Babor). Later it was part of an independent principality, the Austro Hungarian Empire, and then Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...

. After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 it became part of Poland.

Gmina

  • Boguchwałów (Hohndorf
    Hohndorf
    Hohndorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.Hohndorf die Stadt im Grünen.Feiert im Jahr 2010 550jähriges bestehen....

    )
  • Czerwonków
    Czerwonków
    Czerwonków is a village in Opole Voivodeship, Głubczyce County, Gmina Baborów.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany ....

     (Tschirmkau, 1936-45: Schirmke)
  • Dziećmarowy
    Dziecmarowy
    Dziećmarów is a village in Opole Voivodeship, Głubczyce County, Gmina Baborów. It lies approximately north of Baborów, east of Głubczyce, and south of the regional capital Opole....

     (Dittmerau)
  • Dzielów
    Dzielów
    Dzielów is a village in south-western Poland, in Opole Voivodeship, Głubczyce County, Gmina Baborów. It lies approximately south-east of Baborów, south-east of Głubczyce, and south of the regional capital Opole....

     (Eiglau)
  • Księże Pole
    Ksieze Pole
    Księże Pole , is a village in Opole Voivodeship, Głubczyce County, Gmina Baborów, Poland. It is approximately south of Baborów, south-east of Głubczyce, and south of the regional capital Opole....

     (Knispel)
  • Langowo (Langenau
    Langenau
    Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm.-Transport:Langenau is located directly on the Autobahn A7 and near the A8...

    )
  • Raków (Rakau)
  • Sulków
    Sulków
    Sułków may refer to the following places in Poland:*Sułków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Sułków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship *Sułków, Masovian Voivodeship *Sułków, Opole Voivodeship...

     (Zülkowitz, 1936-45: Zinnatal)
  • Szczyty (Tscheidt, 1936-45: Maxwaldau)
  • Tłustomosty (Stolzmütz)

People

  • Max Waldau
    Max Waldau
    Richard Georg Spiller von Hauenschild, better known by his pseudonym Max Waldau , was a German poet and novelist.-Life:...

    , lived in Tscheidt (Szczyty), now in this gmina
    Gmina
    The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

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  • Josef Achtelik (or Josef Achtélik), composer
  • Carl Ulitzka
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