Grabczok

Grabczok
	Grabczok
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Opole
Gmina :	Murow
Geographic location :	50 ° 51 ′  N , 17 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 31 ″  N , 17 ° 56 ′ 2 ″  E
Residents :	296 (December 31, 2017)
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OPO
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Wroclaw

Grabczok (1936–1945 Buchendorf (Upper Silesia) ) is a village in Upper Silesia . Grabczok is located in the municipality of Murow in the Opolski powiat in the Polish Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Geographical location

Grabczok is located about three kilometers south of Murow, and about 22 kilometers north of the district town and voivodeship capital Opole . The street village is completely surrounded by extensive forest areas that belong to the Stobrawski Landscape Protection Park .

Neighboring places

The municipality seat Murow (Polish: Murów ) is located north of Georgenwerk . In the south lies the town of Brinnitz, which belongs to the municipality of Lugnian ( Brynica in Polish ). West of Grabczok lies the community to Pokój belonging village Ładza (dt. Salzbrunn).

history

John the Baptist Church

The Grabczok was founded in 1772 by the Czanorwanz monastery. Initially ten houses were built. The settlers were commissioned to mine sand for the Murow glassworks. In 1784 the name Grabczok is mentioned for the first time.

In 1818 a school was established in the village. In 1845 there was a Catholic school, a sub-forestry and 34 other houses in the village. In the same year 236 people lived in Grabzok, six of them Protestants. In 1874 the Murow District was founded, to which Grabczok was incorporated.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 184 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 97 for Poland. Grabczok remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 447 inhabitants. On June 8, 1936, the place was renamed Buchendorf (Upper Silesia) . In 1939 the place had 470 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Opole .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration, was renamed Grabczok and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship and in 1999 to the re-established Powiat Opolski .

Attractions

• Roman Catholic John the Baptist Church
• Three-story brick bell chapel - built in 1895 and later dedicated to the village's fallen soldiers in World War I.
• Statue of Jesus at ul.Wiejska 4
• Crossroads - erected in 1935

societies

• German Friendship Circle

Web links

Commons : Grabczok  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Residents of Murow, December 31, 2017
2. ↑ History of Grabczok (Polish)
3. ^ Johann Georg Knie : Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, spots, cities and other places of the royal family. Preuss. Province of Silesia. Breslau 1845, p. 174.
4. ^ Territorial administrative district Murow / Hermannsthal OS
5. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive )