Braciszów
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Głubczyce | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 9 ' N , 18 ° 8' E | ||
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| Postal code : | 48-155 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OGL | ||
Braciszów (German Bratsch , Czech Vratišovy ) is a village in the Gmina Głubczyce in the powiat Głubczycki in the Opole Voivodeship and is located in the Mokre - Lewice Protected Landscape Area.
Braciszów was founded in the 13th century. Until the end of the Second World War , Bratsch was part of the Leobschütz district in the administrative district of Opole. Bratsch was an exclusively German-speaking place until 1945, while the Leobschütz district itself was only about 80% German-speaking. The linguistic landscape of the districts of Cosel (in the northeast) and Ratibor (in the south-east), which are directly adjacent to the Leobschütz district, already looked completely different before 1945: over 75% of the Cosel district was Polish-speaking, the Ratibor district was around 40% each and Czech speaking. In contrast, on the Czech side of the border, the Jägerndorf district (in the southwest of Bratsch) was again over 75% German-speaking. Bratsch was thus in a cultural border area.
In 1939 Bratsch had a population of over 1,000 and was largely rural. Towards the end of the Second World War, it became the immediate combat zone between the retreating Wehrmacht and the advancing Red Army . During these battles it changed hands several times and was badly destroyed.
After the Second World War, the place fell to Poland as Gołuszowice in 1945. Its German population - unless they had already fled the war - fell victim to the expulsions .