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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Adamowice, Opole Voivodeship, Balcarzowice, Banatki Du e, Banatki Ma e, Barut, Bokowe, Opole Voivodeship, Borycz, Bregu a, Brzezina, Strzelce County, Buczek, Opole Voivodeship, B otnica Strzelecka, Centawa, Czarnocin, Opole Voivodeship, Dolna, Strzelce County, Doryszow, Do ki, Opole Voivodeship, Dziewkowice, Farska Kolonia, G siorowice, Gora wi tej Anny, Grabow, Opole Voivodeship, Granica, Opole Voivodeship, Grodzisko, Strzelce County, Grzeboszowice, Izbicko, Jaryszow, Opole Voivodeship, J drynie, Jemielnica, Kad ub, Opole Voivodeship, Kad ubiec, Kad ubski Piec, Kalinowice, Opole Voivodeship, Kasztal, Kielcza, Klucz, Opole Voivodeship, Kolonia Jaryszow, Komorniki, Strzelce County, Kopanina, Opole Voivodeship, Krasowa, Kro nica, Opole Voivodeship, Ksi y Las, Opole Voivodeship, Kurzawka, Lichynia, Ligota Czamborowa, Ligota Dolna, Strzelce County, Ligota Gorna, Strzelce County, Mokre any, Niezdrowice, Niwki, Strzelce County, Nogowczyce, Nowa Wie, Strzelce County, Olszowa, Opole Voivodeship, Osiek, Opole Voivodeship, Otmice, Piotrowka, Opole Voivodeship, Popice, Poland, Por ba, Gmina Le nica, Poznowice, P u nica Wielka, Raszowa, Strzelce County, Rozmierka, Rozmierz, Ro ni tow, Siedlec, Strzelce County, Sieroniowice, Sporok, Sprz cice, Staniszcze Ma e, Staniszcze Wielkie, Stary Ujazd, Sucha, Opole Voivodeship, Suche any, Suchodaniec, Szczepanek, Opole Voivodeship, Szymiszow, Utrata, Opole Voivodeship, Warm towice, Weso ow, Opole Voivodeship, Wierchlesie, Wydzierow, Wysoka, Strzelce County, Zalesie l skie, dowice, Zimna Wodka, ki Kozielskie, aziska, Opole Voivodeship. Excerpt: Piotrowka, German Petersgratz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jemielnica (Gemeinde Himmelwitz), within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in the south-western Polish region of Upper Silesia. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Jemielnica/Himmelwitz, 11 km (7 mi) north-east of Strzelce Opolskie, and 34 km (21 mi) east of the regional capital Opole. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). Since 2006 the village has been officially bilingual in German and Polish, a large German population having remained behind when Silesia was annexed by Poland after WWII. The village has a population of 1,000. War MemorialThe village of Petersgratz was founded in 1832 by 60 colonists from the nearby village of Friedrichsgratz. The colonists were mainly members of the Unity of the Brethren (Hussites), and the town was named after their pastor, Peter Schikora, who was actively involved in the village's establishment. In 1841 a Protestant school opened, which was replaced by a new building in 1882, and in 1892 the first Protestant church was built. In the Upper Silesia plebiscite of March 1921, 639 villagers voted to remain in Germany and 169 voted to join the newly created Second Polish Republic. As a result, Petersgratz remained as a village of the Weimar Republic. In 1945, the Red Army occupied the village and drove a large part of its population out. The town was first renamed Piotrogrod, then later Piotrowka. The Protestant church was converted into a Catholic church, and in 1946 a separate parish was formed for the village. In 2006 the village was declared bilingual in German and Polish, and in 2008 the original German name of Petersgratz was again made official. In the center of town there is a war memorial honoring the soldiers from Petersgratz who died in WWII. Gora wi tej Anny (German: Sankt Annaberg, Annaberg; Silesian: Anaberg, both names mean "Saint Anne's Mountain") is a villag
