Szlaki województw śląskiego i opolskiego

Polska Cerekiew is a village that is the seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the Kędzierzyn-Koźle district. It is distinguished by its location in the valley of Wrońska Woda, a small tributary of the Oder river, at the intersection of the Głubczyce Plateau and the Koźle Basin. The name of the town derives from the Old Polish name "cerkiew", which was used as a universal name for a sacred object. The settlement was founded on the trade route leading from Moravia to Poland. The first mentions of it appear in the first half of the 15th century in the context of obtaining the right to organize markets. In the 17th century, the town was the property of the Oppersdorff family, and in the 18th century, it passed to the Gaschin family. The inhabitants of the village were mainly engaged in handicrafts and trade, and later also in agriculture. To modern times, the parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in 1418 and rebuilt two centuries later has survived in the village, as well as a castle complex with the ruins of a late Renaissance castle from the beginning of the 17th century, which was built as the residence of Frederick von Oppersdorff.