Boguszyce (Toszek)
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Silesia | |
Powiat : | Gliwice | |
Gmina : | Toszek | |
Geographic location : | 50 ° 26 ' N , 18 ° 30' 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
- ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )