Gmina Wielichowo

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Gmina Wielichowo
Wielichowo coat of arms
Gmina Wielichowo (Poland)
Gmina Wielichowo
Gmina Wielichowo
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Greater Poland
Powiat : Grodziski
Geographic location : 52 ° 7 '  N , 16 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 7 '8 "  N , 16 ° 20' 58"  E
Residents : s. Gmina
Postal code : 64-050
Telephone code : (+48) 61
License plate : PGO
Economy and Transport
Street : DW312 Rakoniewice - Czacz
Next international airport : Poznań-Ławica
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban-and-rural parish
Gmina structure: 15 school offices
Surface: 107.43 km²
Residents: 6901
(June 30, 2019)
Population density : 64 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 3005053
Administration (as of 2015)
Mayoress : Honorata Kozłowska
Address: Rynek 10
64-050 Wielichowo
Website : wielichowo.pl



The Gmina Wielichowo is an urban-and-rural municipality in the powiat Grodziski of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland . Its seat is the city ​​of the same name ( German Wielichowo ) with about 1750 inhabitants.

geography

Map of the municipality

The municipality is located in the west of the voivodeship, the border with the Lubusz Voivodeship is 15 kilometers away. The voivodeship capital Poznan is about 45 kilometers to the northeast, Leszno (Lissa) about 25 kilometers to the south and the district town of Grodzisk Wielkopolski (Grätz) five kilometers to the north. Neighboring municipalities are the municipalities of Rakoniewice in the west and north, Kamieniec in the east, Śmigiel in the southeast and Przemęt in the south.

There is no significant running water in the municipal area, it is crossed by three canals that run to the Obra .

The community has an area of ​​almost 107.4 km², 78 percent of which is used for agriculture and 14 percent for forestry.

history

The current municipal area, interrupted by the German occupation in World War II - Wielichowo was named Wiesenstadt in 1943 , and from 1919 to 1975 it belonged to the Kościański Powiat of the Poznan Voivodeship with different layouts. - The German minority was expelled after the World War .

The rural community of Wielichowo was dissolved in 1954 and repeatedly converted into various gromadas . It was restored on January 1, 1973. From 1975 to 1998 the municipality belonged to the greatly reduced Poznan Voivodeship . The powiat was dissolved during this time. Urban and rural municipality Wielichowo were merged in 1990/1991 to form urban and rural municipality. This has belonged to the Greater Poland Voivodeship and Powiat Grodziski since 1999.

structure

The city and rural community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Wielichowo with 6901 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019) includes the city itself and 15 villages with school boards (sołectwa). Schulzenämter (population as of December 31, 2017):

  • Augustowo (94)
  • Celinki (98)
  • Dębsko (374)
  • Gradowice (581)
  • Łubnica (745)
  • Piotrowo Wielkie (172)
  • Prochy (187)
  • Pruszkowo (134)
  • Reńsko (125)
  • Śniaty (632)
  • Trzcinica (329)
  • Wielichowo-Wieś (302)
  • Vilkowo Polskie (908)
  • Zielęcin (311)
  • Ziemin (201)

Smaller villages in the municipality are Helenopol (10, belongs to Wilkowo Polskie) and the hamlet Mokrzec (to Gradowice).

Listed sights (selection)

In the places of the municipality are among other things under monument protection :

  • Church of St. Nicholas in Prochy, 2nd half of the 18th century
  • Monument zone , historical facility of the city of Wielichowo
  • Castle (1897) with park (19th century) in Wielichowo
  • Castle estate / Vorwerk in Wielichowo with the manager's house, storerooms, outbuildings, distillery ; , At the end of the 19th century
  • small wooden church in Zielęcin, end of the 17th century.

  • Church in Prochy

  • Wooden church in Zielęcin

  • Castle in Wielichowo

  • Castle estate in Wielichowo

traffic

The voivodeship road DW312 leads from Rakoniewice (Rakwitz) in the northwest via Wielichowo to Czacz (Schatz) in the southeast, where it reaches the national road DK5 .

The nearest train station is in the village of Rakoniewice in the neighboring municipality. The route leads from Wolsztyn to the district town of Grodzisk Wielkopolski. The nearest international airport is Poznań-Ławica .

Web links

Commons : Gmina Wielichowo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ a b regioset.pl: data on the municipality (Polish, accessed on May 27, 2020)
  3. ↑ Order about change of place names in Reichsgau Wartheland in the ordinance sheet of the Reich governor in Warthegau from May 18, 1943 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
  4. ↑ wielichowo.pl: Sołectwa. (accessed on May 11, 2020)
  5. ↑ wielichowo.pl: Gmina w liczbach. (accessed on May 11, 2020)
  6. ↑ On December 31, 2017, Wielichowo had 1803 and the municipality had a total of 7006 inhabitants.
  7. ↑ Registered in the list of monuments of the Greater Poland Voivodeship under number 2380 / A on November 25, 1932.
  8. ↑ Registered in the list of monuments of the Greater Poland Voivodeship under number 689 / A on August 7, 2008.
  9. ↑ Registered in the list of monuments of the Greater Poland Voivodeship under the number 1446 / A on April 12, 1973.
  10. ↑ Registered in the list of monuments of the Greater Poland Voivodeship under the number 2091 / A on August 9, 1986.
  11. ↑ Registered in the list of monuments of the Greater Poland Voivodeship under number 2551 / A on July 20, 1995.
  12. ↑ Registered in the list of monuments of the Greater Poland Voivodeship under number 53 / A on February 5, 1965.