Żyrowa
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Krapkowice | ||
| Gmina : | Zdzieszowice | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 27 ' N , 18 ° 7' E | ||
| Residents : | 760 | ||
| Postal code : | 47-330 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OKR | ||
Żyrowa (German: Zyrowa (1936–1945 Buchenhöh)) is a village in Upper Silesia . Żyrowa is located in the municipality of Zdzieszowice (Deschowitz) in the powiat Krapkowicki in the Polish Opole Voivodeship .
geography
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Żyrowa is four kilometers north of the Zdzieszowice municipality , eleven kilometers east of the district town of Krapkowice (Krappitz) and 28 kilometers southeast of the voivodeship capital Opole .
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1302. On March 13, 1631, Melchior Ferdinand von Gaschin acquired the place.
In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 140 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 126 for Poland. In the Zyrowa manor district, 130 people voted for Germany and 39 for Poland. Zyrowa remained with the German Empire . 1933 lived in the place 734 inhabitants. On July 21, 1936 the place was renamed Buchenhöh . In 1939 the place had 832 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Groß Strehlitz .
In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Żyrowa and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Krapkowicki .
Attractions
- lock
- St. Nicholas Church, built around 1300
Sons and daughters of the place
- Walter Migula (* 1863; † 1938), German botanist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See website of the municipality of Zdzieszowice ( Memento from August 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )