Opole

Opole (German: Oppeln) is a town in southern Poland on the Oder River. It has a population of 129,553 and is the capital of the Opole Voivodship. It is the historical capital of Upper Silesia. Opole has a large German minority.

Education

• Technical University of Opole (Politechnika Opolska)
• Uniwersytet Opolski
• Państwowa Medyczna Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Opolu
• Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Administracji w Opolu

Politics

Opole constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Opole constituency

• Czerwiński Jerzy, LPR
• Diakonow Andrzej, PiS
• Jakubowska Aleksandra, SLD-UP
• Jarmuziewicz Tadeusz, PO
• Korzeniowski Leszek, PO
• Kroll Henryk, MN
• Namysło Andrzej, SLD-UP
• Paździor Helmut, MN
• Pietrzyk Kazimierz, SLD-UP
• Pilarczyk Józef, SLD-UP
• Szteliga Jerzy, SLD-UP
• Tomala Józef, Samoobrona
• Tyma Zenon, Samoobrona

Municipal politics

to be written yet

Dukes of Opole

Piast dynasty

• 1177-1195 Boleslaus the Long (Bolesław Wysoki)
• 1195-1201 Jaroslav (Jarosław)
• 1201-1202 Henry the Bearded (Henryk I Brodaty)
• 1202-1211 Mieszko I Platonogi (Mieszko I Plątonogi)
• 1211-1230 Kasimir I (Kazimierz I)
• 1230-1246 Mieszko II the Fat (Mieszko II Otyły)
• 1246-1281 Ladislaus I (Władysław I)
• 1281-1313 Bolko I (Bolko I)
• 1313-1316 Boleslaus, Bolko II and Albert (Bolesław, Bolko II, Albert)
• 1316-1356 Bolko II (Bolko II)
• 1356-1367 Ladislaus II and Bolko III (Władysław II and Bolko III)
• 1367-1401 Ladislaus II (Władysław)
• 1401-1437 Bolko IV (Bolko IV)
• 1437-1439 Nicholas I and John I (Mikołaj I, Jan I)
• 1439-1476 Nicholas I (Mikołaj I)
• 1476-1497 John II the Good and Nicholas II (Jan II Dobry, Mikołaj II)
• 1497-1532 John II the Good (Jan II Dobry)

various dynasties

• 1532-1543 possession of Brandenburg
• 1543-1549 George Frederic of Brandenburg (Jerzy Fryderyk Brandenburski)
• 1549-1551 Ferdinand of Austria (Ferdynand Austriacki)
• 1551-1556 Isabelle and Sigismund Zapolya (Izabela and Zygmunt Zapolya)
• 1556-1558 George Frederic of Brandenburg (Jerzy Fryderyk Brandenburski)
• from 1558 possession of the Habsburgs of as kings of Bohemia, sometimes governed by dukes from other dynasties

Dukes of Transylvania

• 1597-1598 Sigismund Bathory (Zygmunt Batory) - nephew of Polish king
• 1622-1625 Gabriel Bethlen (Gabriel Bethlen)

House of Vasa

• 1645-1648 Ladislaus IV Vasa (Władysław IV Waza) - king of Poland-Lithuania
• 1648-1655 Charles Ferdinand Vasa (Karol Ferdynand Waza)
• 1655-1666 John II Casimir Vasa (Jan Kazimierz Waza) - king of Poland-Lithuania

House of Habsburg

• 1666-1742 possession of the House of Habsburg as kings of Bohemia