Rój | |
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![]() Exaltation of the Holy Cross church | |
![]() Location of Rój within Żory | |
Coordinates: 50°02′09.395″N 18°36′51.426″E / 50.03594306°N 18.61428500°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Silesian |
County/City | Żory |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Area code | (+48) 032 |
Rój ( German: Roy) is a district in the south-west of Żory, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.
The medieval name Ray, denoted a paradise, it was later pronounced by locals (see Silesian dialects) as Roj, which later transformed into Rój, literally a swarm of bees.
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Regno Dei id est Ray ex ordinacione datur ferto singulis annis. [1] [2]
After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 335 out of 375 voters in Rój voted in favour of joining Poland, against 40 opting for staying in Germany. [3]
In years 1945-1954 the village was a part of gmina Boguszowice.
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Rój | |
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![]() Exaltation of the Holy Cross church | |
![]() Location of Rój within Żory | |
Coordinates: 50°02′09.395″N 18°36′51.426″E / 50.03594306°N 18.61428500°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Silesian |
County/City | Żory |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Area code | (+48) 032 |
Rój ( German: Roy) is a district in the south-west of Żory, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.
The medieval name Ray, denoted a paradise, it was later pronounced by locals (see Silesian dialects) as Roj, which later transformed into Rój, literally a swarm of bees.
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Regno Dei id est Ray ex ordinacione datur ferto singulis annis. [1] [2]
After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 335 out of 375 voters in Rój voted in favour of joining Poland, against 40 opting for staying in Germany. [3]
In years 1945-1954 the village was a part of gmina Boguszowice.
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