| Bogacka Szklarnia | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
| Country |  |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Kluczbork |
| Gmina | Kluczbork |
Bogacka Szklarnia [bɔˈɡat͡ska ˈʂklarɲa] (German : Bodländer Glashütte) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. From the Prussian-led unification of Germany in 1871 until the end of WWII, it was known as Glashütte in the administrative district of Upper Silesia (German: Oberschlesien) in Eastern Prussia, and settled predominantly by ethnic Slavs, Evangelical Protestants, and Silesian German farmers. No other evidence of protestant evangelical influence remains, except for the abandoned schoolhouse which still stands behind an overgrown copse of trees (Google maps 2018: 50°57'36.1"N 18°06'37.8"E). [1]
German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein. It is also one of the three official languages of Luxembourg and a co-official language in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. The languages which are most similar to German are the other members of the West Germanic language branch: Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German/Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Yiddish. There are also strong similarities in vocabulary with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, although those belong to the North Germanic group. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.
Gmina Kluczbork is an urban-rural gmina in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Kluczbork, which lies approximately 41 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Opole.
