Brzezina (Strzelce Opolskie)

Brzezina
	Brzezina
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Strzelce Opolskie
Gmina :	Strzelce Opolskie
Geographic location :	50 ° 29 '  N , 18 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '43 "  N , 18 ° 19' 5"  E
Residents :	142
Postal code :	47-100
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	EAST
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

Brzezina (German: Bresina ) is a village in Poland in Upper Silesia in the municipality of Strzelce Opolskie (Groß Strehlitz) in the Powiat Strzelecki in the Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Geographical location

Brzezina is four kilometers southeast of the municipality and the district town of Strzelce Opolskie and 35 kilometers southeast of the voivodeship capital Opole .

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Brzezina are in the west Księży Las (Xiondslas), a district of Olschowa , in the north Strzelce Opolskie (Groß Strehlitz) and in the southeast Grzeboszowice (Greboschowitz).

Districts

The Vorwerk Koczorownia (Kotschorowina, later Karlshof)

history

The place was first mentioned in 1223 as "Bresini".

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 41 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 27 for Poland. Bresina remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 124 inhabitants. On September 26, 1935 the place was renamed Nieder Birken . On September 1, 1936, the municipality and place Nieder Birken were incorporated into the city of Groß Strehlitz. In 1939 the place had 131 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Groß Strehlitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Brzezina and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . On January 1, 1962, Brzezina was removed from the city of Strzelce Opolskie and incorporated into the Strzelce Opolskie municipality. In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Strzelecki .

coat of arms

Old seal of the community

Old seals and stamps of the place show a pheasant flying to the right, a spruce in the middle and on the left.

traffic

Brzezina had a stop on the Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Kluczbork railway .

Web links

• Brzezina on Genwiki

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Presentation of the places in the Strzelce Opolskie municipality: PDF ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )