Gmina Branice
| Gmina Branice | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Głubczycki | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 3 ' N , 17 ° 47' E | ||
| Height : | -328 m npm | ||
| Residents : | see Gmina | ||
| Postal code : | 48-140 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OGL | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Krapkowice - Úvalno | ||
| Next international airport : | Katowice | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Gmina structure: | 19 villages | ||
| Surface: | 121.87 km² | ||
| Residents: | 6489 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 53 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 1602022 | ||
| administration | |||
| Wójt : | Sebastian Baca | ||
| Address: | ul.Słowackiego 3 48-140 Branice |
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| Website : | www.branice.pl | ||
The Gmina Branice is a rural municipality in the powiat Głubczycki in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland . Its seat is the village of the same name ( German Branitz , Czech Bránice ) with about 2300 inhabitants.
geography
The community borders on the urban and rural communities of the district town of Głubczyce (Leobschütz) and Kietrz (Katscher) as well as the Czech Republic . Part of the border is formed by the Opawa (Oppa, Opava) . The 328 meter high Plechowa Góra (Blechberg) is located in the municipality .
history
In 1874 the municipality belonged to the rural municipalities of Branitz and Michelsdorf and the manor districts of the same name in the Branitz district .
In the years 1936 to 1939 some of the place names were changed. In 1945, as a result of World War II , the area came to Poland. The German population was largely expelled or had fled . Some of the new residents have been relocated from eastern Poland . Branice and Kietrz were reclassified in 1972 from the Archdiocese of Olomouc to the Archdiocese of Breslau .
From 1975 to 1998 the municipality belonged to the smaller Opole Voivodeship .
Partner municipality
A small border traffic was set up in 1996 to the partner municipality Úvalno (Lobenstein) in the Czech Republic across the border .
structure
The rural community Branice consists of the following 19 villages:
- Bliszczyce ( Bleischwitz )
- Boboluszki ( Boblowitz , also Bobolusk , Czech Bobolusky , 1936–45: Hedwigsgrund )
- Branice ( Branitz )
- Dzbańce ( jug , Czech Džbánce )
- Dzierżkowice ( Dirschkowitz , Czech Držkovice , 1936–45: Dirschkenhof )
- Gródczany ( Hratschein , Czech Hradčany , 1936–45: Burgfeld )
- Jabłonka ( Klemstein )
- Jakubowice ( Jakubowitz , 1936–45: Jakobsfelde )
- Jędrychowice ( Hennerwitz )
- Lewice ( Löwitz )
- Michałkowice ( Michelsdorf )
- Niekazanice ( Osterwitz , 1936–45: Osterdorf ) with the district
- Niekazanice-Kałduny ( Kaldaun , 1937–45: Osterdorf-Kaldaun )
- Posucice ( Possnitz )
- Turków ( Turkau )
- Uciechowice ( Auchwitz )
- Wiechowice ( Wehowitz , Czech Vehovice , 1939–45: labor )
- Włodzienin ( Bladen , Czech Vladěnín )
- Wódka ( high secret shame )
- Wysoka ( Waissak , 1936–45: Lindau )
Two other settlements are:
- Dzbańce-Osiedle (formerly Dzbańce PGR or Dzbańce-Górki ; formerly Krug Paulinenhof )
- Włodzienin-Kolonia ( Josephstal or Bladen Colony , Josefov in Czech )
Personalities
- Konrad Blažek (1839–1903), genealogist and heraldist, born in Hennerwitz
- Christine Kühne (* 1938) Chairwoman of CK-CARE (Christine Kühne - Center for Allergy Research and Education), a sub -foundation of the Swiss Kühne Foundation
- Anton Raida (1856–?), Painter and restorer, born in Boblowitz
- Alfons Tracki (1896–1946), priest in Albania, born in Bleischwitz.
literature
- Benedykt Pospiszyl: Branice, Úvalno. Tourist business card. Branice and Úvalno 2010.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ Territorial.de: Branitz district.
- ↑ "Vratislaviensis - Berolinensis et alarium"
- ↑ Bobolusk
- ↑ http://www.online-ofb.de/babitz/
- ↑ http://www.posselt-landkarten.de/karte_519.jpg
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated May 8, 2011 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.
