Głowno

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Głowno
Coat of arms of Głowno
Głowno (Poland)
Głowno
Głowno
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Łódź
Powiat : Zgierz
Area : 19.82  km²
Geographic location : 51 ° 58 ′  N , 19 ° 43 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 19 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 119 m npm
Residents : 14,205
(June 30, 2019)
Postal code : 95-015
Telephone code : (+48) 42
License plate : EZG
Economy and Transport
Street : Łódź - Łowicz
Rail route : Łódź - Warsaw
Next international airport : Łódź
Gmina
Gminatype: Borough
Residents: 14,205
(June 30, 2019)
Community number  ( GUS ): 1020011
Administration (as of 2007)
Mayor : Wojciech Brzeski
Address:
ul.Młynarska 15 95-015 Głowno
Website : www.glowno.pl



Głowno is a city in Poland in the Zgierz district in the Łódź Voivodeship . It developed from a settlement in the 15th century. Over the centuries it belonged to different countries. Since 1427 Głowno has had city rights (with interruption).

history

From its founding in the 15th century to the end of the Second World War

The first settlement on the site of today's Głowno existed in the 15th century near a trade route. On March 11th 1420 the Church of St. Jacob was consecrated. 1427 settlement by the Duke received Siemowit V. Rawski the city right after Kulm law . In 1504 a fire destroyed large parts of the city, after which King Alexander Jagiellone exempted the residents from taxes for ten years. Due to the Swedish-Polish war , the war against Russia and the uprising under Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski , the population of the place was severely decimated. In 1676 only 74 people lived in Głowno. In 1777 a plague raged in the city. In the same year, August III. hold four annual markets in the place . In the second partition of Poland in 1793 , Głowno fell to Prussia . At that time the city was called Gnieschen , later Gnieschau . With the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw , the place became part of the same and in 1815 part of the newly formed Congress Poland . Głowno lost its town charter in 1870 when the Russian Tsar Tsar Alexander II reduced the number of towns on Polish territory. In 1903 the railway line between Warsaw and Łódź was opened, which led through Głowno and thus represented a positive factor for economic development. The town's first volunteer fire brigade was formed in 1908. In 1925, the town was granted town charter for the second time. With the outbreak of World War II , the place was occupied by the German Wehrmacht in September 1939 . On 18./19. January 1945 the occupation ended with the invasion of the Red Army . Głowno thus became part of the newly formed People's Republic of Poland .

Development from 1945 until today

Until 1946 there were fled soldiers in the vicinity of Głowno who were fighting a kind of partisan struggle against the communist regime. The population grew rapidly, however, and so the state built many factories in the city, creating jobs and livelihoods. Kindergartens and schools were built for the increasing number of children. City life flourished. With the emerging economic and social problems in the 1980s (Solidarnosz did not stop at the gates of the city), industry began to decline. Civil rights and many freedoms have been curtailed. When the crisis was overcome, life in Głowno returned to normal for a short time. The political changes taking place in all Eastern European countries brought only a brief improvement. Poland's accession to the European Union in Glowno mainly led to the closure of companies in the textile industry and automotive suppliers. So many residents left the city and mostly also the country. They emigrated mainly to Great Britain, Italy and Germany. The city population decreased. The trend is currently continuing (as of the end of 2013).

Population development

Number of inhabitants
year 1676 1777 1810 1914 1939 2007 2012
Residents 00074 00360 00633 03.164 09,000 15,030 14,818

source

Town twinning

Remptendorf , Germany

Buildings (selection)

The entire inner city area is listed. These include the residential buildings from the 19th / 20th centuries. Century as well as the Grosz wooden house, built around 1740 and rebuilt after destruction. It is probably the oldest preserved building in Głowno. Also worth mentioning are:

  • the Zabrzeźnia mansion from 1840, built by Wincent Matuszewski. After a few changes of ownership, the building serves as the seat of the city administration and the office for civil status.
  • the Jablonski Palace, built by Wladyslaw Jablonski in 1905/1906. The Głowno Regional Museum is currently located here.
  • the station building from 1903
Church of Saint Jacob
  • the St. Jakobus parish church, first built in 1420; new 1922–1930; rebuilt after being destroyed in World War II. It is designed as a round building . Inside, some frescoes from the first construction period are partially preserved or have been reconstructed.
  • the parish church of St. Barbara in the Głowno-Osiny district, built 1928–1930.
  • a school building from 1930, which was built with donations from Countess Alexandra Komorowska
  • a mill on Łódzer Street. It dates from the 19th century and is still working.


Natural monument

The freedom oak should be mentioned here . It was planted on Freedom Square on November 11, 1928, the tenth anniversary of Poland's independence after the First World War .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Głowno  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Information from: Topographical-Statistical Manual of the Prussian State, containing all cities, towns, villages ... with information from the court of first instance ...: Using the files of the Royal Ministry of Justice. Published by Kraatz. Deckersche Geheime Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, 1836; Page 186.
  3. ↑ Population source: For the years 1676, 1777, 1810, 1914 and 1939: [1] and [2] ,
    for June 30, 2007: Główny Urząd Statystyczny, "LUDNOŚĆ - STAN I STRUKTURA W PRZEKROJU TERYTORIALNYM", status of June 30, 2007 ( Memento of February 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )