see e.g. Jan Adamczewski, The Towns of Copernicus (1972), p. 12.
The question of the ancestral Silesian origin of Copernicus' family was established by Georg Bender ("Heimat und Volkstum der Familie Koppernigk (Coppernicus)", Darstellungen und Quellen zur schlesischen Geschichte 27 (1920).[1] Bender established the family's origin from Köppernig near Nysa over the competing suggestion of their possible origin from Köpprich (sometimes [erroneously?] written Köppernick) near Neurode (modern Przygórze).
The surname Kopernik is recorded in Krakau from as early as 1350; The earliest known ancestor of Nicolaus Copernicus is his great-grandfather, Johan Kopernik, who received Krakau citizenship in 1386.
Jack Repcheck, Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific Revolution Began (2007), p. 31.
Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes, 1875, 534f.
The dispute became virulent in the 1960s, culminating in a controversy between E. Mosko ("copper") and S. Rospond ("dill") during 1963/4, summarized by Zygmunt Brocki, "Wśród publikacji o etymologii nazwiska Mikołaja Kopernika [Among the publications on the etymology of the name of Nicholas Copernicus]" Komunikaty mazur.-warm., 1970, Archived 2023-03-23 at the Wayback Machine).
Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes, 1875, 534f.
The dispute became virulent in the 1960s, culminating in a controversy between E. Mosko ("copper") and S. Rospond ("dill") during 1963/4, summarized by Zygmunt Brocki, "Wśród publikacji o etymologii nazwiska Mikołaja Kopernika [Among the publications on the etymology of the name of Nicholas Copernicus]" Komunikaty mazur.-warm., 1970, Archived 2023-03-23 at the Wayback Machine).
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"Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
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Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes, 1875, 534f.
The dispute became virulent in the 1960s, culminating in a controversy between E. Mosko ("copper") and S. Rospond ("dill") during 1963/4, summarized by Zygmunt Brocki, "Wśród publikacji o etymologii nazwiska Mikołaja Kopernika [Among the publications on the etymology of the name of Nicholas Copernicus]" Komunikaty mazur.-warm., 1970, Archived 2023-03-23 at the Wayback Machine).
see e.g. Jan Adamczewski, The Towns of Copernicus (1972), p. 12.
The question of the ancestral Silesian origin of Copernicus' family was established by Georg Bender ("Heimat und Volkstum der Familie Koppernigk (Coppernicus)", Darstellungen und Quellen zur schlesischen Geschichte 27 (1920).[1] Bender established the family's origin from Köppernig near Nysa over the competing suggestion of their possible origin from Köpprich (sometimes [erroneously?] written Köppernick) near Neurode (modern Przygórze).
The surname Kopernik is recorded in Krakau from as early as 1350; The earliest known ancestor of Nicolaus Copernicus is his great-grandfather, Johan Kopernik, who received Krakau citizenship in 1386.
Jack Repcheck, Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific Revolution Began (2007), p. 31.
