Gościce

Gościce
Village
Gościce
Coordinates: 50°26′8″N 16°58′59″E / 50.43556°N 16.98306°E / 50.43556; 16.98306
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Nysa
Gmina	Paczków
Population	470

Gościce (Polish: [ɡɔɕˈt͡ɕit͡sɛ]; German: Gostitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Paczków, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border, where neighboring Horní Hoštice is located.^[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Paczków, 26 km (16 mi) west of Nysa, and 72 km (45 mi) west of the regional capital Opole. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). The village has a population of 470.

History[]

The present-day Polish village Gościce and the present-day Czech village Horní Hoštice, directly across the Czech side of the border, were once a single village. After the Silesian Wars, the newly-drawn border divided the village in two. The division continued through the Communist era of 1945–1990, and the border was not easily crossed until the two countries joined the Schengen Area in 2007.^[2]

References[]

Coordinates: 50°26′8″N 16°58′59″E / 50.43556°N 16.98306°E / 50.43556; 16.98306

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