Krzyżowice, Brzeg County

Krzyżowice (German Kreisewitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 km north-west of Olszanka, 8 km south of Brzeg, and 37 km north-west of the regional capital Opole.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word krzyż, which means "cross".

Notable residents

 * Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz (1795–1885), Prussian Lieutenant-General