Chrosczütz

Chrosczütz Chróścice
	Chrosczütz Chróścice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Opole
Gmina :	Groß Döbern
Geographic location :	50 ° 47 '  N , 17 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '49 "  N , 17 ° 48' 36"  E
Height :	144 m npm
Residents :	3200 (2005)
Postal code :	46-080
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OPO
Economy and Transport
Street :	Opole - Brzeg
Rail route :	Opole-Jelcz-Laskowice
Next international airport :	Wroclaw

Church in Chrosczütz

Chrosczütz (Polish Chróścice , Schlonsakisch Krościce , 1935-1945 Rutenau ) is a village in the Upper Silesian rural community of Groß Döbern in Poland with about 3,200 inhabitants. Chrosczütz is located on the right of the Oder in the powiat Opolski in the Opole Voivodeship within an area with a predominant proportion of the German minority .

geography

Geographical location

Chrosczütz is four kilometers west of the community seat Groß Döbern and 15 kilometers northwest of the district town and voivodeship capital Opole . The village is located on Droga wojewódzka 457 provincial road .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Chrosczütz are in the northwest Stare Siołkowice (Alt Schalkowitz), in the northeast Kupp ( Kup ), in the east Groß Döbern ( Dobrzeń Wielki ) and in the south Narok (Norok).

history

The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1268. The first church of the place was built in 1378. In a list from 1523, 26 farmers are counted. The first elementary school opened in 1680. In 1804 construction began on St. Hedwig's Church , which was completed four years later.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 1,177 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 816 for Poland. Chrosczütz remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 3320 inhabitants. On September 25, 1935, the place was renamed Rutenau . In 1936 and 1937 the church was extended by two naves. In 1939 the place had 3339 inhabitants. In January 1945 there were several fires caused by the effects of the Second World War . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Opole .

In 1945 the place became part of the People's Republic of Poland , was renamed Chróścice and joined the then Wroclaw Voivodeship . In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Opolski . On April 22, 2009, German was introduced as the second official language in the municipality of Groß Döbern, to which Chrosczütz belongs, and on December 1, 2009, the place was also given the official German place name Chrosczütz .

Attractions

• Catholic church from 1937 with elements from around 1820
• Chrosczütz owns a large number of wayside shrines. Nine wayside shrines, mostly in the neo-Gothic style, are in the whole place.
• A chapel from around 1930
• A bell tower from 1878

Sons and daughters of the place

• Gernot Duda (1928–2004) - German voice actor, theater and television actor
• Gunther Duda (1926-2010) - German internist and author
• Bertrand Zimolong (1888–1945) - Franciscan scholar, author

Web links

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

• history
• photos

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See website of the community of Groß Döbern ( memento of the original from March 5, 2012 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 of January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive )