Czienskowitz
| Czienskowitz Ciężkowice |
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel) | ||
| Gmina : | Groß Neukirch | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 13 ' N , 18 ° 8' E | ||
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| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OK | ||
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| Next international airport : | Katowice-Pyrzowice | ||
Czienskowitz (Polish: Ciężkowice ) is a place in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Groß Neukirch in the powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski (Kandrzin-Cosel district) in the Opole Voivodeship .
geography
Czienskowitz is located around two kilometers south of the municipality of Groß Neukirch , 16 kilometers south of the district town of Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel) and 52 kilometers south of the voivodeship capital Opole .
history
The place originated in the 14th century at the latest and was first mentioned in 1402 as "Czeschkowitz". In 1461 it was mentioned as "Tiesskowitz". In the middle of the 15th century it was owned by the von Wronen family, and from 1469 it came into the hands of Rupert Kotchicky.
The place was mentioned in 1783 in the book Contributions to the Description of Silesia as Czenskowi (t) z , Czienskowi (t) z and Tienskowi (t) z , belonged to a baron von Kalkreuter and was in the Cosel district of the Principality of Opole and had 118 inhabitants, two stately farms , a mill, five farmers, 20 gardeners and two cottagers. In 1865 Czienskowitz consisted of a manor and a village community. The goods Czienskowitz, Witoslawitz, Dzielau, Grzendzin and Lanietz belonged to the Czienskowitz rule. The manor owned a spirit distillery. At that time the village had five farms, four gardeners and 29 cottages, as well as a water mill with two gears. The church and school were in Polish Neukirch (Groß Neukirch) .
In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 84 eligible voters voted for Upper Silesia to stay with Germany and 65 for membership in Poland. At Gut Czienskowitz, 223 voted for Germany and twelve for Poland. After the division of Upper Silesia, Czienskowitz remained with the German Empire . On August 22, 1934, the place was renamed Schwerfelde in the course of a wave of place renaming during the Nazi era . On January 31, 1936, the place was incorporated into Groß Neukirch. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Cosel .
In 1945 the formerly German town came under Polish administration and was then attached to the Silesian Voivodeship and renamed the Polish Ciężkowice . The district of Cosel was renamed Powiat Kozielski. The incorporation has been canceled. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1975 the powiat Kozielski was dissolved. In 1999 the place came to the newly founded Powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski . On April 29, 2011, the place was also given the official German place name Czienskowitz .
Attractions
- Wayside chapel
- Wayside crosses
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lud , Volumes 19-20, 1913
- ^ Website of the municipality
- ↑ Friedrich Albert Zimmermann: Additions to the Description of Silesia , Volume 2 , Brieg 1783
- ↑ Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
- ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Czienskowitz (Ciężkowice) | Dzielau (Dzielawy) | Groß Neukirch (Polska Cerekiew) | Grzendzin (Grzędzin) | Jaborowitz (Jaborowice) | Klein Ellguth (Ligota Mała) | Koza (Heinrichsdorf) | Lanietz (Łaniec) | Mierzcin (Mierzęcin) | Puhlau (Połowa) | Sakrau (Zakrzów) | Witoslawitz (Witosławice) | Wronin (Wronin)