Gmina Wołczyn
Gmina Wołczyn | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Opole | |
Powiat : | Kluczborski | |
Geographic location : | 51 ° 1 ' N , 18 ° 3' E | |
Height : | 172 m npm | |
Residents : | s. Gmina | |
Postal code : | 46-250 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | |
License plate : | OKL | |
Economy and Transport | ||
Street : | DK 42 Namysłów - Starachowice | |
Rail route : | Kluczbork – Wrocław | |
Next international airport : | Wroclaw | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Urban-and-rural parish | |
Gmina structure: | 20 school offices | |
Surface: | 240.86 km² | |
Residents: | 13,579 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 56 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 1604043 | |
Administration (as of 2007) | ||
Mayor : | Jan Wiącek | |
Address: | ul. Dworcowa 1 46-250 Wołczyn |
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Website : | www.wolczyn.pl |
The Gmina Wołczyn [ ˈvɔʊ̯ʧɨn ] is a town-and-country municipality in the powiat Kluczborski of the Opole Voivodeship in Poland . Your seat is the small town of the same name ( German Konstadt ) with about 6000 inhabitants.
geography
The municipality is located in the northwest of Upper Silesia in the Silesian Lowlands . It borders on the municipality of the district town of Kluczbork (Kreuzburg in Upper Silesia) and is 40 kilometers northeast of the voivodeship capital Opole .
One of the waters is the Brynica (Brinnitze) , a tributary of the Stobrawa (Stober) , which flows around it.
history
As a result of the Second World War, Silesia and Konstadt fell to Poland in 1945 and became part of the Silesian Voivodeship . In 1950 the region was incorporated into the Opole Voivodeship. From 1975 to 1998 the municipality belonged to the smaller Opole Voivodeship . Then in 1999 she came to the newly founded Powiat Kluczborski in what is now the Opole Voivodeship.
Community partnerships
- Haßloch (Germany)
structure
In addition to its main town, the urban and rural community includes twenty villages with school offices (sołectwo):
- Bruny (Brune)
- Brynica (Brinitze; 1936–1945: pine grove)
- Brzezinki (Bürgsdorf)
- Duczów Mały (small Germans) and Duczów Wielki (large Germans)
- Gierałcice (Jeroltschütz)
- Komorzno (Reinersdorf)
- Krzywiczyny (Schönfeld)
- Ligota Wołczyńska (Konstadt-Ellguth)
- Markotów Duży (Margsdorf)
- Markotów Mały (Klein Margsdorf)
- Rożnów (roses)
- Skałągi (scaling)
- Szum (Schumm)
- Szymonków (Simmenau)
- Świniary Małe (Klein Blumenau)
- Świniary Wielkie (Groß Blumenau)
- Wąsice (wound protection)
- Wierzbica Dolna (German Würbitz; 1936–1945: Niederweiden OS)
- Wierzbica Górna (Polish Würbitz; 1936–1945: Oberweiden OS)
- Wierzchy (Wierschy; 1936–1945: Stoberbrück)
traffic
The state road Droga krajowa 42 (DK 42) runs through the municipality . On the Kluczbork – Wrocław railway line there is a connection to Wołczyn station and Wierzbica Górna station.
Personalities
- Karl Wolfgang von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf (1730–1791), Prussian general; born in Wundschütz.
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 .