Grzendzin
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel) | ||
| Gmina : | Groß Neukirch | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 11 ' N , 18 ° 7' E | ||
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| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OK | ||
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| Next international airport : | Katowice-Pyrzowice | ||
Grzendzin (Polish Grzędzin ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Groß Neukirch in the powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski (Kandrzin-Cosel district) in the Opole Voivodeship .
geography
Grzendzin is located about six kilometers south of the municipality of Groß Neukirch , 20 kilometers south of the district town of Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel) and 55 kilometers south of the voivodeship capital Opole .
history
The place originated in the 13th century at the latest and was first mentioned in a document in 1294. In 1384 it was mentioned as Grensen and in 1532 as Grzetzyn .
The place was mentioned in 1783 in the book Additions to the Description of Silesia as Grzendzin , belonged to a Baron von Kalkreuter and was in the Cosel district of the Principality of Opole . At that time it had 149 inhabitants, a farm , a mill, a Catholic parochial church, a school, nine farmers, 17 gardeners and two cottagers. In 1865 Grzendzin had nine farmers, nine gardeners, 22 cottagers, six emigrants, a wind mill and a water mill. The two-class Catholic school was attended by 275 children.
In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 424 people eligible to vote voted for Upper Silesia to remain with Germany and 53 for membership of Poland. After the division of Upper Silesia, Grzendzin remained with the German Empire . In 1936 the place was renamed Grenzburg as part of a wave of renaming during the Nazi era . 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 Grzędzin . 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 April 29, 2011, the place was also given the official German place name Grzendzin .
Attractions
- Roman Catholic Peter and Paul Church in neo-Gothic style from 1875 with a plastered facade
- Neo-Gothic style chapel from 1880 with a red brick facade
- House of Encounter
- Wayside crosses
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the municipality
- ^ A b Felix Triest : Topographical Handbook of Upper Silesia , Breslau 1865
- ^ Friedrich Albert Zimmermann: Additions to the Description of Silesia , to the Description of Silesia.html? Id = OSMDAAAAcAAJ Volume 2 , Brieg 1783
- ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Czienskowitz (Ciężkowice) | Dzielau (Dzielawy) | Groß Neukirch (Polska Cerekiew) | Grzendzin (Grzędzin) | Jaborowitz (Jaborowice) | Klein Ellguth (Ligota Mała) | Koza (Heinrichsdorf) | Lanietz (Łaniec) | Mierzcin (Mierzęcin) | Puhlau (Połowa) | Sakrau (Zakrzów) | Witoslawitz (Witosławice) | Wronin (Wronin)