Gmina Siechnice
Siechnice | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Lower Silesia | |
Powiat : | Wrocławski | |
Geographic location : | 51 ° 2 ' N , 17 ° 9' E | |
Residents : | 8113 (June 30, 2019) |
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Postal code : | 55-010 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 71 | |
License plate : | DWR | |
Economy and Transport | ||
Next international airport : | Wroclaw | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Urban-and-rural parish | |
Gmina structure: | 18 school offices | |
Surface: | 98.57 km² | |
Residents: | 22,396 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 227 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 0223083 | |
Administration (as of 2010) | ||
Mayor : | Milan Usak | |
Address: | ul. Żernicka 17 55-010 Święta Katarzyna |
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Website : | www.siechnice.gmina.pl |
The Gmina Siechnice , until 2009 Gmina Święta Katarzyna , is an urban-and-rural municipality in the powiat Wrocławski in the Polish Voivodeship of Lower Silesia .
Geographical location
The district of the city and country municipality is located southeast of the city of Wroclaw and borders directly on this city.
local community
A peculiarity of the urban and rural community was that until January 1, 2010, its seat was the village of Święta Katarzyna ( Kattern ). The only town in the municipality has been Siechnice since 1997 .
The population is 15,000 people, the area is 98.57 km² (66.26 km² of which are agricultural areas and 10.29 km² of forests). There are 23 places in the municipality, including the town of Siechnice (Tschechnitz) with around 4,000 inhabitants. Around 70% of the community's population lives in the four largest towns, Siechnice, Radwanice (Radwanitz) , Święta Katarzyna and Żerniki Wrocławskie (Schönborn) . Due to the proximity of the city of Wroclaw, no middle center has emerged in the municipality's area.
The community is located on the Breslau – Opole railway line and on a state road. There are five railway stops in the municipality where passenger trains (pl. Pociąg Osobowy ) stop. The village of Święta Katarzyna is connected to the city of Wroclaw by a bus line operated by the Wroclaw Transport Company; the other places can be reached with the lines of the bus company PKS .
The first written mention of Święta Katarzyna comes from 1257; Siechnice was first mentioned in 1253. In the district of Biestrzyków (Eckersdorf) there is a residential tower from the 14th / 15th centuries. Century.
At the beginning of the 20th century Siechnice was industrialized; it was u. a. A power station was built by the Silesian electricity company.
Community structure
The town-and-country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Siechnice includes the town of Siechnice ( Tschechnitz , 1936–1945 Kraftborn ), the following 18 districts ( German names until 1945 ):
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Twin town
- Sin-le-Noble , France
Web links
- Website of the municipality (German, Polish, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20091201000
- ↑ Joachim Lukas: Landeskunde Notes from Silesia - residential towers in Silesia [1] (accessed on November 16, 2016)
- ↑ The Genealogical Place Directory