Biechów (Głogów)
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lower Silesia | ||
| Powiat : | Głogów | ||
| Gmina : | Głogów | ||
| Geographic location : | 51 ° 41 ' N , 16 ° 2' E | ||
| Height : | 83 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 0 (since 2003) | ||
| Postal code : | 67-200 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 76 | ||
| License plate : | DGL | ||
Biechów ( German Beichau , 1937–45 Oderhorst ) is an abandoned village in the Polish Voivodeship of Lower Silesia , which belonged to the city of Głogów (Glogau) in the powiat Głogowski . Officially, the place no longer exists.
Geographical location
The place was about seven kilometers west of downtown Głogów. Surrounding villages are / were Zabiele (Sabel) in the north, Grodziec Mały (Klein Gräditz) in the northeast, the Głogów district of Osiedle Nadodrze in the east, Słone (Schloin) in the south, Kamiona (Ziebern) in the southwest, Żukowice (Herrndorf) in the west as well Wróblin Głogowski (Froebel) and Bogomice (Biegnitz) in the northeast.
Biechów was right on the Oder . Droga wojewódzka 292 runs about one kilometer south of the former location . The Wrocław – Szczecin railway also runs south .
history
The place name of Biechów is derived from the Polish word byka for ox after the German linguist Heinrich Adamy . From the first name Bycowice , Adamy derived the meaning of the name Rinderdorf . In 1937 the place name was Germanized after its location on the Oder to Oderhorst , since 1945 the place has been called Biechów .
The village was in the immediate vicinity of the Głogow copper smelter. Shortly after the copper smelter went into operation, strong soil contamination from lead, zinc and copper was found in Biechów and the surrounding area , and many residents of the village and the surrounding villages suffered from diseases such as leukemia or organ degeneration , which were directly related to environmental pollution from the copper plant were due. Then the residents left the place. In 1998 the operator of the copper smelter, KGHM Polska Miedź , received approval to demolish the local buildings. The village has been completely deserted since 2003; on December 1, 2003, the location from Biechów to Głogow was incorporated.
Until 1945 the place belonged to the German Empire . After the border was drawn in the period after the Second World War , Biechów came to the Republic of Poland . Between 1975 and 1998 the place belonged to the Legnica Voivodeship , after its dissolution as a result of a territorial reform, Biechów came to the Lower Silesian Voivodeship .
Web links
- Biechów on the website of the city of Głogów (Polish)
proof
- ^ Heinrich Adamy: The Silesian Place Names - Their Origin and Meaning. Priebotsch`s bookstore publisher, Breslau 1888.
- ^ Joanna Dzikowska: Ostatni mieszkańcy zatrutej wsi. Wszyscy uciekli, zostały ruiny. In: wyborcza.pl. May 9, 2016, accessed March 8, 2018 (Polish).