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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bierawa
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = X-Bierawa, ulice.jpg
| image_caption = Road
| image_flag =
| image_shield =
| image_map =
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|50|17|9|N|18|14|32|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Opole Voivodeship|Opole]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kędzierzyn-Koźle County|Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Bierawa|Bierawa]]
| total_type =  
| elevation_m =
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| population_total = 1370
| unemployment_rate =
| registration_plate = OK
| website = http://www.bierawa.pl/

}}
'''Bierawa''' ({{IPAc-pl|b|j|e|'|r|a|w|a}} {{langx|de|Birawa}}) is a [[village]] in [[Kędzierzyn-Koźle County]], [[Opole Voivodeship]], in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the [[gmina]] (administrative district) called [[Gmina Bierawa]].{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of [[Kędzierzyn-Koźle]] and {{convert|48|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of the regional capital [[Opole]].

==History==
The name of the village probably comes from the Polish verb ''brać'', which means "to take". In the [[Middle Ages]] it was part of [[Piast dynasty|Piast]]-ruled [[Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)|Poland]], and afterwards it was also part of [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia (Czechia)]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] and [[Germany]]. In 1936, the German administration changed the name to ''Reigersfeld'' in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin. During [[World War II]] the Germans operated two [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] subcamps (E711, E769) of the [[Stalag VIII-B|Stalag VIII-B/344]] [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war camp]] in the local [[IG Farben]] factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|title=Working Parties|website=Lamsdorf.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029103834/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|access-date=3 April 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> The village became again part of Poland after the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]] in World War II in 1945, and its historic Polish name was restored.

Bierawa suffered from the [[1997 Central European flood]].

==Transport==
There is a train station, located on the Polish Railway Line No. 151 which connects [[Kędzierzyn-Koźle]] and the [[Czech Republic–Poland border|Polish-Czech border]] at [[Chałupki, Racibórz County|Chałupki]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:SM Bierawa Kościół Trójcy Świętej (2) ID 610454.jpg|Holy Trinity Church
File:X-Bierawa, křižovatka.jpg|Crossroads with the primary school on the left and the post office on the right
File:Bierawa, kaple.jpg|Chapel
File:Bierawa, stacja kolejowa (5).jpg|Train station
</gallery>

==References==
{{Commons category}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Gmina Bierawa}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County]]

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