Łowkowice

Infobox Settlement
name = Łowkowice


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Opole
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kluczbork County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Kluczbork
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timezone = CET
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latd = 51 | latm = 2 | lats = 12 | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 14 | longs = 40 | longEW = E
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Łowkowice ( _de. Lowkowitz or "Bienendorf") is a village in Kluczbork County in Opole Voivodeship, Poland.

History

While part of the Prussian Province of Silesia as "Lowkowitz", the village was the place of birth and death of the apiarist Jan Dzierżon, the discoverer of parthenogenesis among bees. In 1936, Nazi Germany renamed the village "Bienendorf" (German for "Bee Village") in Dzierżon's honor and kept the name until 1945. [Niemcy "przechrzcili” miejscowość znaną pod polską nazwą w całym świecie(Łowkowice = Bienendorf). Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny, 8 X 1936, nr 280.] The village was placed under Polish administration following World War II and renamed to the traditional Polish name "Łowkowice".

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