Grötsch (Pawlowitzke)

Grötsch Grodzisko
Help on coat of arms	Grötsch Grodzisko
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel)
Gmina :	Pawlowitzke
Geographic location :	50 ° 18 '  N , 17 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 18 '14 "  N , 17 ° 55' 45"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OK
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice-Pyrzowice

Townscape

Wayside chapel

Grötsch (Polish: Grodzisko ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Pawlowitzke in the powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski (Kandrzin-Cosel district) in the Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Grötsch is located around eleven kilometers northwest of the municipal seat of Pawłowiczki ( Pawlowitzke ), 20 kilometers west of the district town of Kędzierzyn-Koźle ( Kandrzin-Cosel ) and 41 kilometers south of the voivodeship capital Opole .

history

On July 24th, 1321 Arnold von Gläsen was confirmed the goods Groß Nimsdorf and Grötsch, which were also exempt from cattle tax.

The place was mentioned as Groetsch in 1783 in the book Additions to the Description of Silesia , belonged to a Mr. von Fragstein and was in the district of Cosel and had 151 inhabitants, two mills, two farmers, 23 gardeners and three cottagers. In 1865 Grötsch consisted of a village and a remnant knight's estate. At that time the village had two farms, 22 gardener jobs, eleven cottagers, a water mill and a pub with a brewery and distillery.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 190 eligible voters voted for Upper Silesia to remain with Germany and six for membership in Poland. After the division of Upper Silesia, Grötsch remained with the German Empire . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Cosel .

In 1945 the until then German place came under Polish administration and was then attached to the Silesian Voivodeship and renamed the Polish Grodzisko . The district of Cosel was renamed Powiat Kozielski. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1975 the powiat Kozielski was dissolved. In 1999 the place came to the newly founded Powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski . On September 30, 2014, the place was also given the official German place name Grötsch .

Attractions

• Wayside chapel
• Wayside crosses

Web links

Commons : Grodzisko (powiat kędzierzyńsko-kozielski)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Augustin Weltzel: History of the city, rule and fortress Cosel , Ratibor 1866
2. ↑ Friedrich Albert Zimmermann: Additions to the Description of Silesia, Volume 2 , Brieg 1783
3. ↑ Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
4. ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )