Gmina Dąbrowa (Powiat Opolski)

Gmina Dąbrowa
	Gmina Dąbrowa
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Opolski
Geographic location :	50 ° 41 ′  N , 17 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 44 ′ 56 ″  E
Residents :	see Gmina
Postal code :	49-120
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OPO
Economy and Transport
Street :	DK46 Kłodzko - Szczekociny
Rail route :	Opole – Brzeg
Next international airport :	Katowice Airport
Gmina
Gminatype:	Rural community
Gmina structure:	15 districts
Surface:	114.12 km²
Residents:	8231 (June 30, 2019)
Population density :	72 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	1609022
Administration (as of 2019)
Community leader :	Katarzyna Gołębiowska-Jarek
Address:	ul. Ks. prof. J. Sztonyka 56 49-120 Dąbrowa
Website :	www.gminadabrowa.pl

The Gmina Dąbrowa is a rural municipality in the Powiat Opolski of the Opole Voivodeship in Poland . Your seat is the village of the same name ( German Dambrau ) with a little more than 1000 inhabitants.

geography

The rural community borders the city of Opole and is 60 km southeast of Wroclaw in the west of Upper Silesia . The state road Droga krajowa 46 (DK 46) runs through the municipality.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are: Dobrzeń Wielki , Komprachcice , Lewin Brzeski , Niemodlin , Popielów , Tułowice and the voivodeship capital Opole.

history

As a result of World War II , Silesia came to Poland. A minority was able to survive in the area of ​​the municipality. According to the last Polish census of 2002, 17.19 percent of the community population belong to the German minority , and another 3.44 percent describe themselves as "Silesians".

politics

Community leader

The head of the community administration is the community leader. This is Katarzyna Gołębiowska-Jarek. In the regular election in October 2018, she was elected with 54.8% of the votes against Marek Leja, who lost 45.2% of the votes.

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:

• Electoral Committee Katarzyna Gołębiowska-Jarek 9 seats
• Electoral committee Marek Leja “This is our home” 3 seats
• German minority election committee 3 seats

Community partnerships

• Lengede (Germany)
• Halicz (Ukraine)
• Oravské Veselé (Slovakia)

structure

Niewodnik Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

The rural community of Dąbrowa covers an area of ​​114.12 km² with 8,231 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019) and is divided into the following villages with school boards :

• Chróścina (Chrosczinna; 1934–45: Reisern)
• Ciepielowice (Scheppelwitz; 1936–45: Steffansgrund)
• Dąbrowa (Dambrau)
• Karczów (Schönwitz)
• Lipowa (Neuleipe)
• Mechnice (Muchenitz; 1936–45: Moosdorf)
• Narok (Norok; 1936–45: Wolfsgrund OS)
• Niewodniki (Niewodnik; 1936–45: Fischbach OS)
• Nowa Jamka (German Jamke; 1936–45: Mittenwalde OS)
• Prądy (Brande)
• Siedliska (Schedliske; 1936–45: Waldsiedel)
• Skarbiszów (Karbischau)
• Żelazna (Zelasno; 1934–45: Eisenau)

Other localities are Sokolniki and Wyrębiny.

The places Sławice (Slawitz) and Wrzoski (Wreske) were incorporated into the city of Opole on January 1, 2017 and left the municipality of Dąbrowa.

Web links

Commons : Gmina Dąbrowa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 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. ↑ See Polish Main Statistical Office (GUS) ( Memento from December 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on July 30, 2020.
4. ↑ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on July 30, 2020.
5. ^ Sejm: Ordinance of January 1, 2017