Popielów, Opole Voivodeship
{{See also|Popielów, Masovian Voivodeship}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Popielów
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Kościół cmentarny pw. Matki Boskiej i św. Andrzeja w Popielowie Gmina Popielów. bertzag (5).JPG
| image_caption = Saint Andrew church
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Opole
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Opole
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Popielów
| coordinates = {{coord|50|49|33|N|17|44|31|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1286
| pushpin_label_position = right
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 2400
| registration_plate = OPO
| blank_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads
| blank_info_sec2 = File:DW457-PL.svg File:DW458-PL.svg
| website =
}}
Popielów {{IPAc-pl|p|o|'|p|j|e|l|u|f}} is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Popielów.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|23|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of the regional capital Opole.
History
The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1286.{{cite web|url=https://popielow.pl/2962/kosciol-pw-nmp-krolowej-aniolow-w-popielowie.html|title=Kościół pw. NMP Królowej Aniołów w Popielowie|website=Urząd Gminy w Popielowe|accessdate=3 April 2021|language=pl}} Its name comes from the Polish word popiół, which means "ash". It was part of Piast-ruled Poland, and the local Roman Catholic parish was mentioned in documents in the late 13th century. Later on, the village passed to Bohemia (Czechia), and it was devastated in the Thirty Years' War.
In the 18th century it was annexed by Prussia and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany. During World War II, the Germans operated two forced labour subcamps (E608, E703) of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.{{cite web|url=https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|title=Working Parties|website=Lamsdorf.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029103834/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|accessdate=3 April 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020}} On 21 July 1944, a German guard killed two British POWs, John Thomas Sanders and Henry Alexander Thomson, now buried at a local cemetery.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-28772810|title=Nephew finds WW2 PoW's grave in Poland after 29 years|website=BBC|date=21 August 2014|access-date=4 December 2024}} The village was restored to Poland after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945.
Sports
The local football club is LZS Popielów.{{cite web|url=http://popielow.futbolowo.pl|title=LZS Popielów|accessdate=3 April 2021|language=pl}} It competes in the lower leagues.
References
{{Commons category|Popielów, Opole Voivodeship}}
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{{Gmina Popielów}}
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