Bolesław (Krzyżanowice)

Bolesław Boleslau
Help on coat of arms	Bolesław Boleslau
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Raciborski (Ratibor)
Gmina :	Krzyżanowice (Crossing Place)
Geographic location :	50 ° 1 '  N , 18 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 0 '34 "  N , 18 ° 12' 10"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	SRC
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice-Pyrzowice

Bolesław (German Boleslau ) is a village in Upper Silesia . Administratively it is located in the municipality of Krzyżanowice (Kreuzort) in the powiat Raciborski (district of Ratibor) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

The Hedwig Church

Townscape

A path chapel

Loam storage ( Laimes )

The Fallen Monument

Bolesław is six kilometers west of the township of Krzyżanowice (Kreuzort), eight kilometers south of the district town Racibórz (Ratibor) and 63 kilometers southwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice .

The place is in close proximity to the border with the Czech Republic.

history

The place was created in the 14th century at the latest. It was first mentioned in a document in 1377.

Originally the village belonged to the Principality of Jägerndorf, but after the Silesian Wars it came to the Prussian part of the Principality. The place was mentioned in 1784 in the book Beytrage describing Silesia as Boleslau , belonged to a prince von Lichnowski and was in the Leobschütz district. At that time he had 272 inhabitants, a Vorwerk , 15 farmers, ten gardeners and two Häusler. The inhabitants were Catholic and Polish-speaking. In 1865 Boleslau consisted of a dominion and a community. At that time, the place had 15 farms, nine gardeners and ten cottages, as well as a grinding and oil mill, a blacksmith, a tanner, a shoemaker, a tailor, a weaver and a school built in 1840 with 61 students.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 305 people eligible to vote locally voted for Upper Silesia to remain with Germany and 62 for membership in Poland. After the division of Upper Silesia, Boleslau remained with the German Empire . In 1936 the place was renamed Bunzelberg in the wake of a wave of renaming during the Nazi era . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Ratibor .

In 1945 the formerly German town came under Polish administration and was then joined to the Silesian Voivodeship and renamed the Polish Bolesław . In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship. In 1975 the place came to the Katowice Voivodeship. In 1999 the place came to the re-established powiat Raciborski and the Silesian Voivodeship.

Buildings

• The Roman Catholic Hedwig Church, built from 1874 to 1877 in neo-Romanesque style. Expansion in 1932.
• The rectory from 1909 to 1913.
• School building from 1898
• Mill from 1849
• Three clay granaries (Laimes)
• Chapels
• Wayside crosses
• Monument to the fallen (First and Second World War)

societies

There is a local DFK group of the German minority in the village.

Personalities

• Oswald Malura (1906–2003), German painter

Web links

Commons : Bolesław  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the municipality
2. ↑ Friedrich Albert Zimmermann: Additions to the Description of Silesia, Volume 3 , Brieg 1784
3. ↑ Felix Triest : Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
4. ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia in 1921: Literature , table in digital form
5. ↑ Zabytki powiatu Raciborskiego