Kórnica
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Kórnica
Kōrnica | |
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Village | |
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  Kórnica | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′N 17°55′E / 50.400°N 17.917°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Krapkowice |
| Gmina | Krapkowice |
| Postal code | 47-351[1] |
Kórnica [kurˈnit͡sa] (Silesian: Kōrnica; German: Körnitz)[2] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krapkowice, within Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[3]
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word kura, which means "chicken".[4] In the 19th-century Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland it was noted as Kurnica.[5]
In July 1945, the village was the site of the Kórnica Uprising—a rebellion of local Germans and Silesians against the Polish authorities.[6]
