Rój (German: Roy) is a district in the south-west of Żory, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.
Rój | |
|---|---|
 Exaltation of the Holy Cross church | |
 Location of Rój within Żory | |
| Coordinates: 50°02′09.395″N 18°36′51.426″E / 50.03594306°N 18.61428500°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County/City | Żory |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | (+48) 032 |
The medieval name Ray, denoted a paradise, it was later pronounced by locals (see Silesian dialects) as Roj, which later transformed into Rój, literally a swarm of bees.
History
editThe village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Regno Dei id est Ray ex ordinacione datur ferto singulis annis.[1][2]
After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 335 out of 375 voters in Rój voted in favour of joining Poland, against 40 opting for staying in Germany.[3]
In years 1945-1954 the village was a part of gmina Boguszowice.
References
edit- ^ Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis (in German). Breslau.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Rybnik County" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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