Olszanka, Opole Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Olszanka (disambiguation).

Olszanka
—  Village  —
Olszanka
Coordinates: 50°47′N 17°29′E / 50.783°N 17.483°E / 50.783; 17.483
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Brzeg
Gmina	Olszanka

Olszanka [ɔlˈʂanka] is a village in Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Olszanka.^[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Brzeg and 35 km (22 mi) west of the regional capital Opole.

Before 1945 the village of Alzenau (in German) was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 

Coordinates: 50°47′25″N 17°29′15″E / 50.7902777778°N 17.4875°E / 50.7902777778; 17.4875