Stanowice, Silesian Voivodeship

Stanowice [stanɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, 11 km (7 mi) north-east of Rybnik, and 27 km (17 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as iem in Stanowitz decima episcopalis.

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