Fałkowice (Pokój)

Fałkowice Falkowitz
	Fałkowice Falkowitz
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Namysłów
Gmina :	Pokój
Geographic location :	50 ° 58 '  N , 17 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '55 "  N , 17 ° 52' 8"  E
Residents :	323 (March 31, 2011)
Postal code :	46-034
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	ONA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Wroclaw

Fałkowice ( German Falkowitz , 1936–45 Falkendorf ) is a village in Upper Silesia . Fałkowice is located in the Pokój municipality in the Namysłowski powiat in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland .

geography

Geographical location

Fałkowice is located in the north-western part of Upper Silesia. Fałkowice is located about eight kilometers northeast of the Pokój municipality , about 25 kilometers southeast of the district town of Namysłów and 39 kilometers north of the voivodeship capital Opole .

Fałkowice is located on the Stober (Polish Stobrawa ), a left tributary of the Oder .

Neighboring places

Neighboring villages of Fałkowice are Zbica ( Sbitze ) in the north and Lubnów ( Liebenau ) in the south-east and Domaradz ( Dammratsch ) in the south .

history

The village was founded in 1309 under German law and was initially called Scirzemb . At the same time a first church was built in the village. Over time, the German character of the place gave way, like in many other Upper Silesian villages, to the Slavic influence. In 1532 it was mentioned as Chwalkhowitz . The Slavic place name Chwalmirowice is derived from the nature of the area and means roughly glorious, praised place .

In 1726 a wooden church was built in the village. The wood and a further 300 guilders were donated by Emperor VI.

In 1845 the Polish name of the village is mentioned as Fałkowice . In the same year there was a Catholic church, a Catholic school, a rectory and another 109 houses in the village. In 1845, 826 people lived in Falkowitz, 24 of them Protestant and eleven Jewish. In 1874 the district of Dammratsch was founded, to which Falkowitz was incorporated.

In 1904 the volunteer fire brigade was founded in Falkowitz, which still exists today. In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 846 voters in the rural community of Falkowitz voted to remain with Germany and 65 for Poland. Dammratschhammer remained with the German Empire . In 1933 616 people lived in Falkowitz. On May 19, 1936, the village was renamed Falkendorf . In 1939 the place had 575 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was Falkendorf in the district of Opole .

In 1945 the previously German town of Falkendorf came under Polish administration and was renamed Fałkowice and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to Powiat Namysłowski .

Attractions

• The Roman Catholic Church of Stanislaus (Polish Kościół św. Stanisława Biskupa ) was built between 1881 and 1882. Already for 1309 there is written about the provision of a church property in the village. However, there is no evidence that a church was built at the time. A wooden church for the village is mentioned for the first time in 1519. In 1703 this building burned down. The reconstruction of the church began in 1726 and was completed in 1733. The wood was donated by Emperor Karl VI. After this building became too small, it was decided in 1865 to build a new stone church. Construction work did not begin until 1881. The brick building could be consecrated in 1882. The interior was decorated in a neo-Gothic style. In 1916 two bells were melted down for material purposes during the war. In 1928 the wooden bell tower was demolished and replaced by a stone tower.

societies

• Volunteer Fire Brigade OSP Fałkowice

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku (Polish), March 31, 2011, accessed on January 27, 2019
2. ↑ Martin Richau, 700 years Dammratsch and Falkowitz 1309 - 2009: on the history of the villages of the parish of Falkowitz (Berlin 2009), pp. 20-22.
3. ↑ Martin Richau, 700 years Dammratsch and Falkowitz 1309 - 2009: on the history of the villages of the parish of Falkowitz (Berlin 2009), p. 25.
4. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 127.
5. ^ Heinrich Adamy : The Silesian place names, their origin and meaning - A picture from prehistory , Breslau, Priebatsch, 1889, p. 67
6. ↑ Territorial District dam ratchet / dam field
7. ↑ Fałkowice Voluntary Fire Brigade
8. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
9. ^ Administrative history - Opole district ( Memento from September 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ History of the Stanislaus Church (Polish)