Stare Siołkowice

Stare Siołkowice
Village
Stare Siołkowice
Coordinates: 50°48′N 17°46′E / 50.800°N 17.767°E / 50.800; 17.767
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole Voivodeship
County	Opole County
Gmina	Popielów
Website	http://www.siolkowice.pl

Stare Siołkowice [ˈstarɛ ɕɔu̯kɔˈvit͡sɛ] ("old Siołkowice"; German: Alt Schalkowitz; 1936–1945: Alt Schalkendorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Popielów, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 19 km (12 mi) north-west of the regional capital Opole.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II); its historic German name is Alt Schalkowitz.

Notable people[]

• Rochus Misch (July 29, 1917 – 5 September 2013), member of 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and radio operator at Adolf Hitler's Führerbunker. The last witness of Hitler's downfall.
• Josef Kociok (26 April 1918 – 26 September 1943), Luftwaffe ace pilot.

References[]

Coordinates: 50°48′N 17°46′E / 50.800°N 17.767°E / 50.800; 17.767

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