Kierpień (, additional name in ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border. It is located in the Prudnik Land within the historic region of Upper Silesia.
Etymology The name was derived from the word karp, meaning "carp". It was historically known in Polish as Kierpień and Karpno.
History The village was founded in the 13th century in a territory granted to the Cistercians by Duke Vladislaus I of Opole.
Notable people Julius Zupitza (1844–1895), philologist
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