Rój

Rój
Żory District

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 / 50.03594306; 18.61428500Coordinates: 50°02′09.395″N 18°36′51.426″E / 50.03594306°N 18.61428500°E / 50.03594306; 18.61428500
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County/City Żory
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) (+48) 032

Rój (German: Roy) is a district in the south-west of Żory, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

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

The 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

  1. ↑ Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis (in German). Breslau.
  2. ↑ "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Rybnik County" (in German). Retrieved 2015-05-03.


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