Gmina Wolsztyn

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Gmina Wolsztyn
Wolsztyn Coat of Arms
Gmina Wolsztyn (Poland)
Gmina Wolsztyn
Gmina Wolsztyn
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Greater Poland
Powiat : Wolsztyn
Geographic location : 52 ° 7 ′  N , 16 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E
Residents : s. Gmina
Postal code : 64-200
Telephone code : (+48) 68
License plate : PWL
Economy and Transport
Street : Poznan - Zielona Góra
Next international airport : Poznan-Ławica
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban-and-rural parish
Gmina structure: 23 school authorities
Surface: 249.64 km²
Residents: 30,501
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 122 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 3029033
Administration (as of 2006)
Mayor : Wojciech Lis
Address: Rynek 1
64-200 Wolsztyn
Website : www.wolsztyn.pl



The Gmina Wolsztyn [ ˈvɔlʃtɨn ] is an urban-and-rural municipality in the powiat Wolsztyński of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland . The seat of the Powiat and the municipality is the city ​​of the same name ( German Wollstein ) with around 13,100 inhabitants.

geography

Map of the municipality

The municipality is located about 70 kilometers southwest of Poznan in the west of the voivodeship, where it borders on the Lubusz voivodeship . Neighboring municipalities are Siedlec in the north, Rakoniewice in the east and Przemęt in the southeast; in the Lubusz Voivodeship the municipalities of Sława in the southwest and Kolsko and Kargowa in the west.

The municipality is rich in smaller lakes. These include the Jezioro Berzyńskie (Berzyn Lake) in the south and the Jezioro Wolsztyńskie (Wollstein Lake) in the north of the city of Wolsztyn. The rivers include the Obra in the south of the municipality and its tributary Doyca in the north.

history

The present municipality was part of the Zielona Góra Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998 . During this time the powiat was dissolved. The rural community of Wolsztyn was converted into several gromadas in 1954 and newly created on January 1, 1973. The city of Wolsztyn and the rural community were merged in 1990/1991 to form an urban and rural community. This has belonged to the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999.

Sister cities and municipalities

The city-and-country community entered into several city ​​and community partnerships between 1993 and 2016 . In addition, there has been a long-term partnership between the Robert Koch Museum in Wolsztyn and the Wollstein home district in Bad Bevensen . In addition to funding the museum, memorial plaques were set up on the 13 former German cemeteries in the community between 2000 and 2003.

Partnerships exist with:

structure

The town and country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Wolsztyn with 30,501 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019) includes the town itself, 23 villages with a Schulzenamt (sołectwo) as well as other places and settlements.

Surname German name
(1815-1919)		 German name
(1939–45)		 Population
(2019)
Adamowo Adamowo Langenweiler 1131
Barłożnia Gościeszyńska Barloschen at Goscieszyn Barloschen near Eichgraben 58
Berzyna Berzyn Vorwerk ? 416
Błocko Blocko ? 211
Chorzemin Chorzemin Meadows 894
Gościeszyn Goscieszyn 1939–43 Eichengraben
1943–45 Eichgraben		 364
Karpicko Karpitzko Seeberg 1512
Kębłowo Gable Gable 1926
Niałek Wielki Large carnation Large carnation 802
Nowa Dąbrowa New Dombrowo New Langenhain 451
Nowa Obra New Obra Hauland New monastery meadow 95
Nowe Tłoki Tloker Hauland Mill Valley 746
Nowy Widzim New Widzim Mill height 298
Obra Obra 1939–43 Klosterwiese
1943–45 Obra		 2104
Powodowo Lehfelde Lower jaws 508
Rudno Ruden Ruden 35
Stara Dąbrowa Old Dombrowo Alt Langenhain 360
Stary Widzim Alt Widzim 1939–43 Lindenbrück
1943–45 Neßlersbrück		 1140
Stradyn Stradyn Forest village 95
Świętno Schwenten Schwenten 1095
Tłoki Tloki 1939–43 Birkeneck
1943–45 Lockdorf		 797
Wilcze Wilze 1937–45 Wolfsheide 70
Wroniawy Wroniawy Niederweide 1251

Another big place is Komorowo with 696 inhabitants.

Smaller localities and settlements are or were (in brackets: population and German name / s) : Barłożnia Wolsztyńska (82, Barloschen near Wollstein), Borki (44, Vorwerk Borki), Krutla (0, Vorwerk Krutla), Nowy Młyn (13 ), Ruchocki Młyn (2, Ruchotscher Mühle), Wola Dąbrowiecka (76, Dombrofker Hauland, later Wolfsau), Zdrogowo (5) - Dębowiec (Vorwerk Neu Dembowitz), Krzyż (Kreutz), Młyńsko (Mlynsker Hauland, since 1906 Mlynsker Hauland).

Honorary citizen

  • Lothar Bretterbauer (* 1953), Mayor of the twin town Lübben, was made an honorary citizen of the municipality in 2003 on the tenth anniversary of the town twinning.

Web links

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

Footnotes

  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. ↑ wolsztyn.pl: Bad Bevensen . (Polish, accessed April 9, 2020)
  3. ↑ wolsztyn.pl: Domont . (Polish, accessed April 9, 2020)
  4. ↑ wolsztyn.pl: Lityń . (Polish, accessed April 9, 2020)
  5. ↑ a b wolsztyn.pl: Lübben . (Polish, accessed April 9, 2020)
  6. ↑ wolsztyn.pl: Mór . (Polish, accessed April 9, 2020)
  7. ↑ wolsztyn.pl: Neunkirchen . (Polish, accessed April 9, 2020)
  8. ↑ wolsztyn.pl: Domont . (Polish, accessed April 9, 2020)
  9. ↑ bip.wolsztyn.pl: Wykaz sołtysów i rad sołeckich . (Polish, accessed April 9, 2020)
  10. ↑ a b c The rural community had 17,277 inhabitants on December 31, 2019. Places and population figures (2012–2019), see: Stan Ludności gminy Wolsztyn z rozbiciem na poszczególne wsie i ulice . (PDF, Polish, accessed April 9, 2020)
  11. ↑ Older Karpitzker Hauland in South Prussia .
  12. ↑ Carl Joseph Huebner: Historical-statistical-topographical description of South Prussia and New East Prussia . Volume 1, Leipzig 1798, p. 444.