Kierpień

Kierpień
Kerpen
Village
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Kierpień
Kierpień
Coordinates: 50°23′30″N 17°51′21″E / 50.39167°N 17.85583°E / 50.39167; 17.85583
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyPrudnik
GminaGłogówek
Founded13th century
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOPR

Kierpień [ˈkʲɛrpjɛɲ], additional name in German: Kerpen, is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border.

The village was founded in the 13th century in a territory granted to the Cistercians by Duke Vladislaus I of Opole.