Follwark

Follwark
	Follwark
	Follwark
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Opolski
Gmina :	Proskau
Geographic location :	50 ° 37 ' N , 17 ° 56' E Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '18 " N , 17 ° 55' 33" E
Residents :	250 (March 31, 2011)
Postal code :	46-061
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OPO
Economy and Transport
Street :	DK 45 Wieluń - Racibórz
Next international airport :	Katowice
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Exaltation of the Cross Church

Follwark ( Polish Folwark , 1936–1945 Ger. Vorwerk ) is a village in Upper Silesia . Follwark belongs to the municipality of Proskau (Prószków) in the Powiat Opolski in the Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Geographical location

Follwark is located six kilometers northeast of the municipality Proskau and six kilometers south of the district town and voivodeship capital Opole (Opole) . The Oder flows to the east of the village .

The state road Droga krajowa 45 runs through the village .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Follwark are in the west Gorek (Górki), in the north Winau (Winów), in the east Groschowitz (Groszowice) and in the south Chrzowitz (Chrzowice).

history

Follwark was first mentioned in 1295 as a Vorwerk . In 1532 the village was mentioned as Forwerckh .

In 1845 the village consisted of a total of 25 houses. In the same year 160 people lived in Follwark, all of them Catholic.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 59 eligible voters voted to remain in Germany and 120 to belong to Poland. Follwark remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 354 people in Follwark. On April 28, 1936 the village name was changed to Vorwerk . In 1939, 324 people lived in Vorwerk.

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Folwark 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 April 30, 2010, the place was also given the official German place name Follwark . Since June 2012 the place-name signs have also been bilingual.

Attractions

Exaltation of the Cross Church
Chapels and crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Web links

Follwark website (Polish and German)
Website of the municipality of Proskau (Polish)

Individual evidence

↑ CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku (Polish), March 31, 2011, accessed on January 8, 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. 133.
↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Opole (Polish: Opole). Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[1] CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku (Polish), March 31, 2011, accessed on January 8, 2019

[Knie-2] 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. 133.

[3] See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

[4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Opole (Polish: Opole). Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).