Jejkowice
Jejkowice | |
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Village | |
School in Jejkowice | |
Jejkowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°6′25″N 18°28′4″E / 50.10694°N 18.46778°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Rybnik County |
| Gmina | Jejkowice |
| Highest elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,540 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | SRB |
| Website | http://www.jejkowice.pl/ |
Jejkowice [jɛi̯kɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German Jeykowitz, old name Jajkowice) is a village in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jejkowice. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Rybnik and 42 km (26 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
During World War II, a local Polish policeman was murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.