Batorów
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lower Silesia | ||
| Powiat : | Kłodzko | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 26 ' N , 16 ° 26' E | ||
| Height : | 590 m npm | ||
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| Telephone code : | (+48) 74 | ||
| License plate : | DKL | ||
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| Street : | Szczytna - Batorów | ||
| Next international airport : | Wroclaw | ||
Batorów (German Friedrichsgrund ) is a village in the powiat Kłodzki in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. In the 1960s it was incorporated as a district in the town of Szczytna ( Rückers ), from which it is five kilometers to the northwest.
geography
Batorów is located in the southeastern Heuscheuergebirge and is part of the protected landscape area of the same name. Neighboring towns are Chocieszów with Studzienna ( Kaltenbrunn ) in the northeast, Ocieszów in the south and Złotno in the southwest.
history
Friedrichsgrund was laid out around 1770 and named after the Prussian King Friedrich II . It was built around a glassworks that the Rohrbach brothers from Kaiserswalde built in what was then a wooded area.
After the reorganization of Prussia, Friedrichsgrund belonged to the province of Silesia from 1815 and was incorporated into the district of Glatz from 1816–1945 . Because of its scenic and remote location, it developed into a mountain health resort from the end of the 19th century. In 1908 it formed its own rural community and was the seat of the administrative district of the same name . In 1939 there were 395 inhabitants.
As a result of the Second World War , like almost all of Silesia, it fell to Poland in 1945 and was renamed Batorów . The German population was expelled. Some of the new residents were displaced from eastern Poland . It belonged to the Wrocław Voivodeship until 1975 and then to the Wałbrzych Voivodeship until 1998 . In the 1960s, Batorów was incorporated into the city of Szczytna.
New Friedrichsgrund colony
In 1781 a settlement was built for forest workers who were needed to run the Friedrichsgrund glassworks. It was first called Neu Rückers and from 1825 as Neu Friedrichsgrund . After the transition to Poland, it was renamed Batorówek in 1945 .
Friedrichsgrund glassworks
In 1770 the leaseholders of the Kaiserswalder glassworks, the brothers Ignaz and Christoph Rohrbach , received the permit to build a glassworks in the forest area northwest of Rückers. For the operation of the hut, 1,500 fathoms of wood were taken from the surrounding royal forests and pure quartz sand from the Nesselgrund forest . At the suggestion of Minister Karl Georg von Hoym , they named the hut Friedrichsgrund, the name of which was also transferred to the emerging settlement.
In the first few years, Ignaz Rohrbach hired 60 glassmakers, refiners, grinders and painters as well as other assistants, including numerous skilled workers from the Harrachsdorfer glassworks, to run the hut. The recruitment of Bohemian glassmakers was expressly requested by the Prussian king. The hut owners received 15 thalers for every journeyman who moved in, and 25 thalers each for glass grinders, cutters and gilders. In addition to fine crystal glass, fine, colorless glass was produced in Friedrichsgrund. In addition to table and chandeliers, other glassware was also supplied for the New Palace in Potsdam, making Friedrichsgrund the most powerful smelter in Silesia. In the 1780s and 1790s, the Rohrbachs built two more smelters and a grinding shop in Friedrichsgrund. After Ignaz Rohrbach's death in 1792, his son Karl Rohrbach took over Friedrichsgrund. At the end of the 1790s, 250 people were employed. Due to the effects of the coalition wars , production had to be temporarily stopped in 1804, but could then be fully resumed. The glassware produced was delivered to France, Russia, Austria and the USA, among others. The hut remained in the possession of the Rohrbach family until 1945. The last owner was Veronika Rohrbach, widow of Victor Rohrbach-Kolbe. After the transition to Poland, the company was connected to the nationalized glass company in Szczytna. In the 1960s, the glass grinding shop was modernized.
Personalities
literature
- Dietmar Zoedler : Silesian glass - Silesian glasses . Würzburg 1996, ISBN 3-87057-208-6
- Václav Šplichal, Jaroslav Šůla: Bedřichovsko-kaiserwaldský sklářský okruh . In: Kladský sborník 5, 2003, p. 137
- Peter Güttler: The Glatzer Land . Travel guide published by Aktion West-Ost in the BDKJ, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-928508-03-2 , p. 35