Koperniki
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 Koperniki
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| Coordinates: 50°24′N 17°17′E / 50.400°N 17.283°E | |
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Nysa County |
| Gmina | Gmina Nysa |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | +48 77 |
| Car plates | ONY |
Koperniki ([kɔpɛrˈniki]; formerly German Köppernig, Köppernick, Koppirnik (obsolete - used 1845), Latin Copirnik, Copernik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nysa, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland.
It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Nysa and 55 km (34 mi) southwest of the regional capital Opole. It was the ancestral village of Nicolaus Copernicus (born Niclas Koppernigk), whose great-grandfather had moved to then Polish capital Cracow (Polish Kraków, German Krakau) in c. 1380. The etymology of the name has been debated especially in the context of the biography of Copernicus, since at least the 1870s, surrounding two competing proposals, one suggesting the name root origin from the German word for copper (Kupfer), the other from the Polish word for dill (koper). The suffix -nik (or plural -niki) denotes a Slavic and Polish agent noun.
The settlement was established in the mid-13th century as part of the German Ostsiedlung. It is first mentioned in 1272, as Coprnih. and in 1284 was listed as one of 65 major German settlements in the Duchy of Nysa. As part of the Duchy of Nysa, it passed from the rule of Silesian branch of the Polish Piast dynasty to the Crown of Bohemia in 1342, and with Bohemia to the House of Habsburg in 1542. In 1742, it fell to Prussia as part of the settlement following the First Silesian War. In 1945, it became part of Poland, as Koperniki. The German population was displaced, and the village was re-populated with Polish settlers from (Tarnopol Voivodeship) and Jeleśnia.
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