Grotowice (Opole)
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | District-free city | ||
| District of: | Opole | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 36 ' N , 17 ° 58' E | ||
| Height : | 150-160 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 3100 (2017) | ||
| Postal code : | 49-120 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OP | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DW 423 Opole - Kędzierzyn-Koźle | ||
| Rail route : | Kędzierzyn-Koźle-Opole railway line | ||
| Next international airport : | Wroclaw | ||
Grotowice ( German Graefenort ) is the southernmost district of the independent city of Opole in the Polish Voivodeship of Opole .
geography
Geographical location
Grotowice is located in the historical region of Upper Silesia in the Opole region . The place is about eight kilometers southeast of downtown Opole on the right bank of the Oder .
Grotowice is in the Nizina Śląska ( Silesian Plain ) within the Równina Opolska ( Opole Plain ). North of the village is the Opole Grotowice train station with connections to Wroclaw and the Upper Silesian industrial area . Furthermore, the Voivodeship Road Droga wojewódzka 423 and the Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Opole railway with the Opole Groszowice stop runs through the village . There is a large forest area east of Grotowice.
In the north-west of the village the factory premises of the Metalchem company and the Osiedle Metalchem factory estate are directly connected .
Neighboring communities
Grotowice borders in the north on the Opole district Groszowice ( Groschowitz ) and in the northeast on Malina ( Malino ). In the south lies the village of Przywor ( Przywory ) belonging to the rural municipality of Tarnów ( Gmina Tarnów ). On the opposite side of the Oder are the villages Chrzowitz ( Chrzowice ) and Boguschütz ( Boguszyce ) , which belong to the rural community of Proskau ( Gmina Prószkow ).
history
The place was founded in 1771 in the course of the Frederician colonization as a forest workers colony. The first settlers to settle in Graefenort came from Franconia , Hesse , Württemberg and Opava Silesia. From 1771 to 1772 20 colonist houses were built.
After the reorganization of the province of Silesia which belonged rural community Gräfenort from 1816 to district Opole in the administrative district of Opole . In 1845 there was a Protestant school and 24 houses in the village. In the same year, 188 people lived in Graefenort, 50 of them Catholic. In 1855 there were 197 people, in 1861 there were 216 people. In 1874 the administrative district Königlich Neudorf was founded, which consisted of the rural communities of Graefenort, Groschowitz and Königlich Neudorf and the manor districts of Bolko, Groschowitz and Königlich Neudorf. In 1885 Gräfenort had 316 inhabitants.
In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 251 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 25 for Poland. Graefort remained with the German Empire . In 1933 396 people lived in the village. In 1939 the place had 419 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Opole .
In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1947 the place was renamed Grotowice . In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1974 the place was incorporated into the city of Opole . In the 1980s and 1990s, the Osiedle Metalchem factory settlement was built north of the village using prefabricated panels. In 2009 the new Christ the King's Church in Osiedle Metalchem was consecrated by the Archbishop of Opole, Alfons Nossol .
Attractions
- The Roman Catholic Church of the Most Holy Virgin Mary Queen of Poland (Polish Kościół w Grotowicach pw. Matki Boskiej Królowej Polski ) served as a place of worship for the Protestant community of the village until 1945. Today it is a branch of the parish of Christ the King (Polish: Rzymskokatolicka Pw. Chrystusa Króla ).
- The Roman Catholic Christ the King Church (Polish: Kościół Chrystusa Króla ) in the Osiedle Metalchem settlement was consecrated in 2009.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Friedrich Menzel (1904–1977), German politician (KPD / SED), trade unionist and in resistance against the Nazi regime
- Robert Menzel (1911–2000), German politician (KPD / SED), resistance fighter against the Nazi regime and youth functionary (KJVD / FDJ)
- Renate Klingelhöfer (* 1933), German local politician
Personalities who have worked on site
- Felix von Dobschütz (1867–1936), pastor, had the Protestant church built in Graefenort
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brochure City Districts Opole p. 22 (Polish)
- ^ Walter Kuhn: Settlement history of Upper Silesia . Oberschlesischer Heimatverlag, Würzburg. 1954. p. 204.
- ↑ a b cf. Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
- ^ 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. 177.
- ^ Territorial administrative district Königlich Neudorf / Bolko
- ^ Opole district. In: agoff.de, AGoFF , accessed on April 1, 2020.
- ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Opole (Polish: Opole). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Parish Christkönig ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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