Kozy
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Silesia | ||
| Powiat : | Bielsko-Biała | ||
| Area : | 26.00 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 51 ' N , 19 ° 9' E | ||
| Residents : | see Gmina | ||
| Postal code : | 43-340 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 33 | ||
| License plate : | SBI | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DK 52 : Bielsko-Biała - Głogoczów | ||
| Next international airport : | Katowice | ||
| Krakow | |||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Gmina structure: | 1 core location | ||
| Residents: | 12,979 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Community number ( GUS ): | 2402072 | ||
| Administration (as of 2009) | |||
| Mayor : | Edward Kućka | ||
| Address: | ul. Krakowska 4 43-340 Kozy |
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| Website : | kozy.vot.pl | ||
Kozy ( German Seiffersdorf, Seibersdorf, Kosy ; Vilamovian language Zajwyśdiüf with 12,000 inhabitants, is the largest village) Poland and forms a rural community in Bielsko County , Silesian Voivodeship .
geography
Geographical location
Kozy is located on the northern edge of the Little Beskids (Beskid Mały), at the foot of the mountain Hrobacza Łąka (828 m), 5 kilometers northeast of the district town of Bielsko-Biała and is therefore a suburb of the same.
Community structure
The rural community Kozy includes the core village Kozy and has no districts.
history
According to a legend, the place goes back to two villages: Kozy Górne and Kozy Dolne, i.e. Ober- and Nieder-Kozy, who each had their own mayor , but formed a common parish , first mentioned in 1326 . This year the place was mentioned in Latin as "Duabuscapris seu Siffridivilla" , translated on two billy goats or Siffrids village . This mention already contained the German (see Bielitz-Bialaer Sprachinsel ) and the Polish place names (Kozy is the Polish word for billy goats). A wooden church had already been built in the second half of the 13th century.
Historically, the village belonged to the Duchy of Auschwitz , which in turn had belonged to the Bohemian Crown since 1327 and fell to Poland in 1457. The landlords changed over the centuries. Jakub Gierałtowski finally introduced Calvinism in the local Catholic Church in 1559 . In 1658 the church was restored to the Roman Catholic faith. In the 18th century Seiffersdorf fell to the rich Krakow Jordan family. Seiffersdorf was in the Kingdom of Poland, but the population was largely German-speaking and Reformed and was accordingly suppressed by the Counter-Reformation . Under the landlord Jordan, the population also had to do hard labor. That is why more than 300 Seiffersdorfer resettled on May 25, 1770 over the nearby Vistula border into the Prussian class rule of Pless . The resettlement was supported by King Frederick the Great . The Seiffersdorfer were settled on the Vorwerk Kielpow near Imielin , and the new Reformed and German-speaking colony Anhalt was founded there.
In 1772 the place fell to Austria with the First Partition of Poland . After the abolition of patrimonial he formed a parish in the district and judicial district of Biała from 1850 . 1918 Kozy was part of after the First World War again resurrected Poland .
Around 1899 the old scrap wood church from the first half of the 16th century was demolished in favor of a new building. The wooden ceiling with paintings became part of the National Museum in Krakow . From 1900 to 1901 the current parish church of St. Simon and Judas Thaddäus was built in the neo-Gothic style.
politics
Partnerships
The Kozy community has partnerships with
- Hričowske Podhradie , Slovakia
- Mošovce , Slovakia
- Jásztelek , Hungary
- Kenderes , Hungary
coat of arms
Above a silver mountain of three, in red, two silver billy goat heads facing each other with golden horns.
The Kozy municipality has had this coat of arms since 2004.
The colors silver, red and gold go back to the Kraków Voivodeship to which the village belonged from 1564 to 1772. The two billy goats go back to the historical name Duabuscapris, Dwie Kosy , meaning “two goats”. The Dreiberg stands for the Magura Wilkowska massif .
Attractions
In Kozy, next to the neo-Gothic parish church of St. Simon and Judas Thaddäus from 1900 to 1901, there is a derelict manor from the 18th century.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The state road DK 52 , which connects Bielsko-Biała with the northeast (Kraków), runs through Kozy .
education
The existing two primary schools in Kozy were supplemented in 1993 by the addition of a Liceum Ogólnokształcące and in 1999 a gimnazjum (middle school). There is also a cultural center in the village. Kozy has had a sports hall since 1998 and a swimming pool in 2001.
Sons and daughters
- Henning Ritter (1943–2013), German journalist and author
Web links
- Municipality website (multilingual)
Footnotes
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ a b c d e cf. community website ab. on November 9, 2009
- ↑ a b cf. parafiakozy.pl ab . on November 9, 2009
- ↑ See Tomasz Wicherkiewicz. The making of a language: the case of the idiom of Wilamowice, southern Poland. 2003
- ^ Cf. Walter Kuhn: History of the German language island Bielitz. 1998. Quoted from historia.beskidia.pl . on November 9, 2009
- ↑ Cf. Gustav Adolf Benrath: Source book for the history of the Protestant Church in Silesia. Oldenbourg-Verlag, 1992. pp. 257 f.
- ↑ Cf. Johann Georg Knie: Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, towns, cities and other places of the royal family. Preuss. Province of Silesia. Wroclaw 1845
- ↑ Cf. kozy.pl ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. down. on November 10, 2009
