Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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 Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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| Coordinates: 50°21′N 18°12′E / 50.350°N 18.200°ECoordinates: 50°21′N 18°12′E / 50.350°N 18.200°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Opole | ||
| County | Kędzierzyn-Koźle County | ||
| Gmina | Kędzierzyn-Koźle (urban gmina) | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Sabina Nowosielska | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 123.42 km2 (47.65 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 58,749 | ||
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 47-200, 47-220, 47-232 | ||
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Car plates & City districts |
OK Azoty, Blachownia Śląska, Cisowa, Kędzierzyn, Koźle, Koźle Port, Koźle Rogi, Kłodnica, Kuźniczka, Lenartowice, Miejsce Kłodnickie, Sławięcice |
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| Website | A Town of Opportunities | ||
Kędzierzyn-Koźle [kɛnˈd͡ʑɛʐɨn ˈkɔʑlɛ] (German: Kandrzin-Cosel; Silesian: Kandrzin-Koźle) is a town in southwestern Poland, the administrative centre of Kędzierzyn-Koźle County in Opole Voivodeship.
Kędzierzyn-Koźle is located in the historic Silesia (Upper Silesia) region at the confluence of the Oder River and its Kłodnica tributary. Situated on the lower reaches of the Gliwice Canal, it is a place of a major river port, has rail connections with all major cities of Poland and serves western outskirts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union. The town is major location of chemical industry, the site of several factories and a power plant at Blachownia Śląska.
In 1975, the historic core Koźle on the left bank of the Oder was merged with the municipalities of Kędzierzyn, Sławięcice (Slawentzitz), and Kłodnica (Koldnitz) on the right shore, which had developed to suburbs since the 19th century industrialisation, to form present-day Kędzierzyn-Koźle.
A border fortress held by the Polish Piast dynasty was first mentioned in 1104, when it was besieged by the Přemyslid prince Svatopluk of Olomouc. The Koźle castellany was part of the Polish Duchy of Silesia since 1138, from 1172/73 of the Upper Silesian Duchy of Racibórz under the rule of the Silesian Piasts. In 1281, it was inherited by Duke Casimir of Bytom, who also called himself Duke of Koźle. Casimir soon turned to the neighbouring Kingdom of Bohemia; in 1289, he paid homage to King Wenceslaus II and received his duchy as a Bohemian fief. In 1293, he vested Koźle with town privileges, had walls erected. After Casimir was succeeded by his son Władysław in 1312, Koźle remained the capital of an autonomous duchy, ruled by the Bytom branch of the Silesian Piasts until the death of Duke Bolesław in 1355. King Charles IV adjudicated the reverted Bohemian fief to the Piast duke Konrad I of Oleśnica (Oels), whereafter the town remained a possession of the Oleśnica line until it became extinct in 1492.
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