Gozdnica
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lebus | ||
| Powiat : | Żagań | ||
| Area : | 23.97 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 51 ° 26 ' N , 15 ° 6' E | ||
| Residents : | 3036 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 68-130 | ||
| License plate : | FZG | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Bolesławiec - white water | ||
| Next international airport : | Wroclaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Borough | ||
| Residents: | 3036 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Community number ( GUS ): | 0810011 | ||
| Administration (as of 2017) | |||
| Mayor : | Krzysztof Jarosz | ||
| Address: | ul. Ceramików 2 68-130 Gozdnica |
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| Website : | www.gozdnica.pl | ||
Gozdnica [ gɔzdˈɲiʦa ] ( German Freiwaldau ) is a city in Poland . It is located eight kilometers east of the Lusatian Neisse in the Lebus Voivodeship . Gozdnica belongs to the Neisse Euroregion .
history
Finds from the Stone Age and the Bronze Age show that the area in the south of the Priebuser Heide was settled early. The place was founded in 1285. It was in the Duchy of Sagan in Silesia , one kilometer north of the state border with Upper Lusatia on an old road between Priebus and Bunzlau . In 1315 Freiwaldau received city rights . The further development of the city was hindered by the fact that the city of Görlitz , located on Hohen Strasse , did everything possible to prevent any trade that bypassed Hohe Strasse and thus Görlitz. So let the League of Six in 1368, the east of Freiwaldau at the Great Tschirne lying town Neuhaus (Nowoszów) break down.
In 1602 the city, which was previously under the Priebus office, came under the rule of Burau . From 1684 this rule was merged under the Counts of Promnitz and von Kospoth with the rule of Halbau in Upper Lusatia.
In 1742 Freiwaldau became part of Prussia and in 1750 lost its town charter. From 1816 to 1932 the market town belonged to the Sagan district , then Sprottau.
At the beginning of the 18th century, the mining of a deposit of brown coal and clay minerals began to the northwest of the city . In the 19th century, a roof tile industry emerged from what was initially a stately and a communal brick barn, which allowed the city to grow. The brickworks founded by Gottfried Sturm in 1885 produced two factories with over 700 workers in 1943. Furthermore, eleven other companies were located in the city that produced stoneware or Bunzlau ceramics .
Between 1936 and 1945 the Freiwaldau air base was north of the city.
After the Second World War, the place came to Poland and was named Gozdnica. The Polish name means something like thicket or wilderness. Since 1955 Gozdnica was a town-like settlement; In 1967 it was given city rights back.
Population development
- 1547: 280 inhabitants
- 1787: 499
- 1825: 786
- 1840: 985
- 1905: 2.845
- 1939: 2,939
- 1961: 3,454 (23.72 km²)
- 1970: 3,447
- 2004: 3,501
Partnerships
- Krauschwitz , Germany
Personalities
- Oscar Paul (1836–1898), musicologist
- Bruno Hohlfeld (1862–1917), portrait painter
- Max Berger (1893–1970), lawyer, chief military prosecutor of the NVA
- Gottfried Sturm (1923–2018), Slavist, editor of the Zeitschrift für Slavistik, specialist in Old Russian literature, http://feb-web.ru/feb/slovenc/es/es5/es5-2431.htm?cmd=p&istext=1
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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 .
