Dąbrowa (Powiat Opolski)
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Opolski | ||
| Gmina : | Dąbrowa | ||
| Area : | 8.68 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 41 ′ N , 17 ° 45 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 150-190 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 1313 (March 31, 2011) | ||
| Postal code : | 49-120 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OPO | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DK46 Kłodzko - Szczekociny | ||
| Rail route : | Opole – Brzeg | ||
| Next international airport : | Katowice | ||
Dąbrowa ( German Dambrau ) is a village in the powiat Opolski in Poland in the Opole Voivodeship . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name with 8,231 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019).
geography
Geographical location
Dąbrowa is located in the west of the historical region of Upper Silesia . The place is about 10 kilometers west of Opole and 65 km southeast of Wroclaw . Dąbrowa lies in the Nizina Śląska (Silesian Plain) within the Równina Niemodlińska (Falkenberg Plain) . To the west of the village are extensive forest areas that belong to the Falkenberg forest.
The state road Droga krajowa 46 runs north of the village . The Dąbrowa Niemodlińska station , north of the town center, is on the Opole – Brzeg railway line .
Neighboring places
Neighboring places of Dąbrowa are in the north Ciepielowice ( Scheppelwitz ), in the northeast Karczów ( Schönwitz ), in the east Wreske ( Wrzoski ) and in the south Bowallno ( Wawelno ).
history
The area around Dambrau was settled as early as the Bronze and Iron Ages. This is proven by archaeological excavations, during which, among other things, five hatchet were discovered. In the work Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from the years 1295-1305, the place is mentioned for the first time as Dambrova . In 1305 the will Parochie Dambrova first mentioned. The village was also mentioned in 1335, 1449 as Dambrawa and in 1498.
Dambrau became Protestant during the Reformation. Under the Baron Tschtschau-Mattich, however, Dambrau was re-Catholicized. After the First Silesian War in 1742 Dambrau and most of Silesia fell to Prussia . Between 1743 and 1818 the place belonged to the district of Opole . In 1783 a Catholic school was set up in Dambrau. In the same year the place had 13 farmers, 30 gardeners and a water mill and 330 residents.
After the reorganization of the province of Silesia , the rural community Dambrau belonged to the district of Falkenberg OS in the administrative district of Opole from 1818 . In 1847 Dambrau was connected to the Opole – Brieg railway line with the train station in the neighboring town of Scheppelwitz . In 1845 there was a castle, a Catholic parish church, a Catholic school, an outbuilding, a brewery, two inns and 75 houses in the village. In the same year 591 people lived in Dambrau, 57 of them Protestants. In 1855 there were 667 people living in the village. In 1865 the village had 19 farmer, 93 gardener and 44 cottager jobs. The two-class Catholic school in Dambrau was attended by 210 students in the same year. In 1874 the administrative district of Dambrau was founded, which consisted of the rural communities Dambrau, Czeppelwitz, Polish Leipe and Sokollnik and the manor districts Dambrau, Czeppelwitz, Polish Leipe and Sokollnik. In 1885 Dambrau had 646 inhabitants. In 1890 Dambrau received an evangelical school that was initially single-class.
In 1933 1063 and in 1939 1020 people lived in the village. Until the end of the war in 1945 the place belonged to the district of Falkenberg OS
On January 22, 1945, the Red Army advanced until shortly before Dambrau. Only in mid-March 1945 was the place taken by Soviet soldiers. After that the previously German place came under Polish administration, was renamed Dąbrowa and Gmina Dąbrowa was founded. In June 1946 the remaining German population was expelled. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Opolski
In 2007, 1045 people lived in the village.
Attractions
- The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius is a late renaissance building from the 17th century with a front tower, two-axis nave and one-axis, three-sided closed choir. The end of the low bell tower, which merges into an octagonal plan on the last floor, is formed by a baroque dome with a lantern. In the 19th century, the church underwent several renovations, and the classical altars also date from this period. The pulpit is a Rococo work from the 18th century.
- When Castle Dambrau also is a building from the late Renaissance period. It was built from 1615 to 1617 for the then landlord Joachim Graf von Tschentschau-Mettich with today's gate tower with onion helmet. The four-wing complex of the palace was fundamentally redesigned from 1894 to 1897 in the neo-renaissance style . The exterior was provided with many gables and a round tower was built on the northwest corner.
- The castle park is adjacent.
- Crossroads at DK 46
Community structure
The community Dąbrowa covers an area of 130.84 km² and is divided into 15 villages with school authorities.
Personalities
- Käthe Kruse (1883–1968), German actress and dollmaker
- Johannes Rath (1910–1973), painter and pastor, spent his childhood and youth in Dambrau
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku ( XLSX file, Polish), March 31, 2011, accessed on August 7, 2019
- ↑ Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis
- ↑ a b c d e f g Heimatverein des Kreis Falkenberg O / S: Heimatbuch des Kreis Falkenberg in Oberschlesien. Scheinfeld, 1971. pp. 148-151
- ↑ a b Johann Georg Knie: Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, towns, cities and other places of the royal family. Preuss. Province of Silesia. Breslau 1845, p. 88.
- ↑ Cf. Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien. Breslau 1865, p. 1163.
- ^ Territorial district of Dambrau
- ↑ District of Falkenberg OS
- ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Landkreis Falkenberg (Polish Niemodlin). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ^ History of the Dambrau community
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Chróścina (Chrosczinna) | Ciepielowice (Scheppelwitz) | Dąbrowa (Dambrau) | Karczów (Schönwitz) | Lipowa (Neuleipe) | Mechnice (Muchenitz) | Narok (Norok) | Niewodniki (Niewodnik) | Nowa Jamka (German Jamke) | Prądy (Brande) | Siedliska (Schedliske) | Skarbiszów (Karbischau) | Żelazna (Zelasno)