Świętoszowice

Świętoszowice Schwientoschowitz
	Świętoszowice Schwientoschowitz
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)
Gmina :	Zbrosławice (Broslawitz)
Geographic location :	50 ° 22 '  N , 18 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '53 "  N , 18 ° 43' 47"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	STA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

A wayside cross

Świętoszowice (German: Schwientoschowitz ) is a place in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Zbrosławice (Broslawitz) in the powiat Tarnogórski (Tarnowitz district) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

Świętoszowice is located six kilometers south of the Zbrosławice municipality , 14 kilometers southwest of the district town of Tarnowskie Góry ( Tarnowitz ) and 24 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice ( Katowice ).

The A1 motorway is nearby .

history

The place originated in the 13th century at the latest and was mentioned in a document from 1295–1305 in Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis ( tithe register of the diocese of Wroclaw ) as "villa Swentossonis".

The place was mentioned in 1783 in the book Beytrage for the description of Silesia as Schwintowi (t) z , belonged to a Mr. General von Werner and was in the district of Tost and had 79 inhabitants, a farm, five farmers and nine gardeners. In 1818 the place was mentioned as Schwintowitz . In 1865 Schwientoschowitz had five farmers, seven gardeners, eight cottagers, a Kretscham (restaurant) and five stately homes. The Vorwerk Einhof, which was once called Wachow, also belonged to the community. The village went to school after Ziemientzitz. The Protestant residents belonged to the Gleiwitz church association.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 50 eligible voters voted to stay with Germany and 130 for membership in Poland. Schwientoschowitz remained with the German Empire . In 1936 the place was renamed Einhof , Einhof was previously the name of an associated Vorwerk. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the formerly German town came under Polish administration and was then renamed Świętoszowice and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Katowice Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Tarnogórski and the new Silesian Voivodeship.

Attractions

• Wayside crosses

coat of arms

The coat of arms or seal shows a horse pulling a plow behind it, behind it a farmer with reins and a stick whip in his hand, who also leads the plow. The coat of arms indicates the agricultural character of the place. The coat of arms goes back to old seals, the latest version shows horse and farmer in silver on a blue background.

Web links

Commons : Świętoszowice  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Site of the place

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Ernst Tramp: Additions to the Description of Silesia, Volume 2 , Brieg 1783
2. ^ Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the county of Glatz, Volume 2 , 1818
3. ↑ Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
4. ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ Zbrosławice municipality