Kowale, Wrocław

This article is about the district in Wrocław. For other uses, see Kowale.

Kowale (Polish pronunciation: [kɔˈvalɛ], German: Cawallen, [ˈkavalən]) is a district in Wrocław located in the north-eastern part of the city. It was established in the territory of the former Psie Pole district.

Kowale
District of Wrocław
Location of Kowale within Wrocław
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County/City	Wrocław
Incorporated into the city	1928
Established the modern-day district	1991
Population  (2022)
• Total	12,793
	[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+48 71
Website	kowale.wroclaw.pl

Name

The name of the village derives from the Polish word 'kowal' ('smith'). Heinrich Adamy, in his work on local names in Silesia published in 1888 in Breslau, lists the Polish form Kowalowice as the original recorded name of the locality, giving its meaning as Schmiededorf ('smith village').^[2]

The name was phonetically Germanized to Cawallen, losing its original meaning.

History

Initially a village, the settlement was incorporated into Breslau (today's Wrocław) in 1928.^[3]

In 1991, after reforms in the administrative division of Wrocław, Kowale became one of the city's 48 districts.^[4]