Boguszyce (Toszek)

Boguszyce
	Boguszyce
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Gliwice
Gmina :	Toszek
Geographic location :	50 ° 26 '  N , 18 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '21 "  N , 18 ° 30' 26"  E
Residents :	277 (2008)
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	SGL
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

Boguszyce (German: Boguschütz ) is a village in Upper Silesia in the municipality of Toszek (Tost) in the powiat Gliwicki in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland .

geography

Geographical location

Boguszyce is located three kilometers southwest of Toszek , 21 kilometers northwest of the district town of Gliwice (Gleiwitz) and 41 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Boguszyce are Toszek (Tost) in the north, Ciochowice (Ciochowitz) in the southeast and Slupsko (Slupsko) in the south .

history

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 98 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 59 for Poland. Boguschütz remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 420 inhabitants. On February 12, 1936, the place was renamed Gottschütz . In 1939 the place had 457 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Boguszyce and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Katowice Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Gliwicki and the new Silesian Voivodeship .

Footnotes

1. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )