Groß Neukirch community

Groß Neukirch Gmina Polska Cerekiew community
	Groß Neukirch Gmina Polska Cerekiew community
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel)
Geographic location :	50 ° 14 '  N , 18 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '0 "  N , 18 ° 8' 0"  E
Residents :	see Gmina
Postal code :	47-260
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OK
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice
Gmina
Gminatype:	Rural community
Gmina structure:	13 school authorities
Surface:	60.24 km²
Residents:	4021 (June 30, 2019)
Population density :	67 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	1603052
Administration (as of 2018)
Community leader :	Piotr Kanzy
Address:	ul. Raciborska 4 47-260 Polska Cerekiew
Website :	www.polskacerekiew.pl

The community Groß Neukirch (Polish Gmina Polska Cerekiew ) is a rural community in the powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski (Kandrzin-Cosel district) in the Opole Voivodeship . The community seat is Groß Neukirch . The community is bilingual in Polish and German.

geography

The municipality is located in southern Upper Silesia and in the south of the powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski . The municipality has an area of ​​60 km², 85% of which is agricultural land.

Localities

In the municipality are:

Places with Schulzenamt:

• Czienskowitz (Ciężkowice)
• Dzielau (Dzielawy)
• Gross Neukirch (Polska Cerekiew)
• Grzendzin (Grzędzin)
• Jaborowitz (Jaborowice)
• Klein Ellguth (Ligota Mała)
• Koza (Heinrichsdorf)
• Lanietz (Łaniec)
• Mierzzin (Mierzęcin)
• Puhlau (Połowa)
• Sakrau (Zakrzów)
• Witoslawitz (Witosławice)
• Wronin (Wronin)

population

In addition to the Polish population, 1,082 people (21.9%) stated German nationality (ethnicity) in the 2002 census. In the 2011 census, the percentage of Germans was 21.5% or 949 people.

politics

Community leader

The head of the municipal administration is the municipality leader . Since 2008, this has been Krystyna Helbin, who did not run again in the regular election in October 2018. The choice brought the following result:

• Piotr Kanzy ( German Minority Election Committee ) 81.6% of the vote
• Jerzy Korecki (Election Committee “Jerzy Korecki - An Alternative”) 18.4% of the vote

This means that Kanzy was elected the new mayor in the first ballot.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members and is directly elected in single-person constituencies. The 2018 municipal council election led to the following result:

• German minority election committee 66.3% of the vote, 14 seats
• Election Committee "Jerzy Korecki - An Alternative" 33.7% of the votes, 1 seat

Partnerships

The partner community of Groß Neukirch is Rieste in Lower Saxony .

Web links

• Community website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. ↑ CIS
3. ↑ Mniejszości według województw, powiatów i gmin w 2002 r., CIS
4. ↑ Gminy w których Udział mniejszości narodowych, etnicznych lub społeczności posługującej się językiem kaszubskim Wsrod ogółu mieszkańców stanowił w 2011 roku co najmniej 10% ( Memento of the original August 28, 2016 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 7, 2020.
6. ^ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 7, 2020.
7. ↑ Entry about Riestes partner communities on the homepage of the Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück Accessed on May 6, 2019, 6:06 pm