Borkowice (Kluczbork)

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Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Opole
Powiat : Kluczbork
Gmina : Kluczbork
Geographic location : 50 ° 56 '  N , 18 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '26 "  N , 18 ° 9' 23"  E
Residents : 854 (March 31, 2011)
Postal code : 46-243
Telephone code : (+48) 77
License plate : OKL
Economy and Transport
Rail route : Opole – Kluczbork
Next international airport : Wroclaw



Borkowice ( German Borkowitz , 1936–1945 Borkenwalde ) is a place of Gmina Kluczbork in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland .

geography

St. Joseph's Church

Borkowice is located in the northwestern part of Upper Silesia in the Kreuzburger Land. Borkowice is located about eight kilometers southwest of the municipality seat Kluczbork and about 45 kilometers northeast of the voivodeship capital Opole.

Borkowice station , south of the town center, is on the Opole – Kluczbork railway line . Borkowice is located on the northeastern edge of the Stobrawski Landscape Protection Park .

Neighboring towns of Borkowice are in the northwest Żabiniec ( Fabianswalde ) and in the southwest Bażany ( Basan ).

history

In 1845 there was a castle, a farm and 48 other houses in the village. In the same year 536 people lived in Borkowitz, 46 of them Protestants. In 1874 the district of Borkowitz was founded.

In 1925 there were 1021 people in Borkowitz, and in 1933 there were 1008 people. On April 27, 1936, the village was renamed Borkenwalde . In 1939 the village of Wachholdertal to the southeast is incorporated into the rural community of Borkenwalde. In 1939 there were 2,127 people in Borkenwalde. Until 1945 the village belonged to the district of Rosenberg OS

As a result of the Second World War, Borkenwalde fell under Polish administration in 1945, like most of Silesia . The place was subsequently renamed Borkowice and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 it was incorporated into the Opole Voivodeship. Between 1985 and 1987 the church of St. Josef am Friedhof was built. In 1999 the place came to the newly founded Powiat Kluczborski ( Kreuzburg district ).

Attractions

  • The Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph was built between 1985 and 1987. The church was built according to a design by architect Zdzisław Fiuk from Byczyna. Next to the church is a bell tower with a total of three flakes.
  • Chapel at ul. Wiejska
  • Path chapel at ul. Wiejska
  • Crossroads at the Krakowska roundabout

Web links

Commons : Borkowice  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku (Polish), March 31, 2011, accessed on December 1, 2018
  2. ^ Johann Georg Knie : Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, spots, cities and other places of the royal family. Preuss. Province of Silesia. Breslau 1845, pp. 50-51.
  3. ↑ a b Territorial district of Bodland
  4. ↑ a b c Administrative history - Kreis Rosenberg OS ( Memento from September 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ a b History of the cath. Church in Borkowice