Dometzko
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Opole | ||
| Gmina : | Comprachtschütz | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 37 ' N , 17 ° 52' E | ||
| Height : | 169 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 1257 (March 31, 2011) | ||
| Postal code : | 46-070 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OPO | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Next international airport : | Wroclaw | ||
Dometzko (Polish Domecko , Silesian Důmecko , 1936-1945 Althaus ) is a village in Poland in the municipality Comprachtschütz in Powiat Opolski in the Opole Voivodeship .
geography
Geographical location
Dometzko is located two kilometers southeast of the municipality Comprachtschütz and ten kilometers southwest of the district and voivodeship capital Opole ( Opole ).
The Prószkowski Potok and Moszczana waters flow through the village .
Districts
The hamlet Simsdorf (Polish: Pucnik ) belongs to Dometzko .
Neighboring places
Neighboring towns of Dometzko are Dziekanstwo ( Dziekaństwo ) in the north, Gorek ( Górki ) and Chrzumczütz ( Chrząszczyce ) in the east, Neuhammer ( Nowa Kuźnia ) in the south and Ochotz ( Ochodze ) in the west .
history
The place is first mentioned in 1532 as Dometzky . The Slavic place name roughly means little house .
In 1845 there was a brewery, a distillery and another 73 houses in the village. In the same year 545 people lived in Dometzko, two of them Protestant and seven Jewish. In 1874 the Dometzko district was founded. The first head of office was the manor owner Gerlach.
In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 467 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 220 for Poland. Dometzko remained with the German Empire. In 1933 there were 1,251 inhabitants. On May 19, 1936, the place was renamed Althaus . In 1939 the place had 1,332 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Opole .
In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Domecko and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Opolski . On December 1, 2009, the place was also given the official German place name Dometzko .
Attractions
- Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, built from 1957 to 1961
- Memorial to those who fell in World War Two
- Bell chapel on Opolska Street
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku (Polish), March 31, 2011, accessed on January 31, 2019
- ↑ 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. 103.
- ^ Heinrich Adamy : The Silesian place names, their origin and meaning - A picture from prehistory , Breslau, Priebatsch, 1889, p. 78
- ↑ Dometzko Territorial District
- ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Administrative history of Germany - District of Opole
- ↑ History of the Parish Dometzko ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 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.
