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Himmelwitz Jemielnica |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Opole | |
Powiat : | Strzelce Opolskie | |
Gmina : | Heaven joke | |
Geographic location : | 50 ° 33 ' N , 18 ° 23' E | |
Residents : | 3500 (2006) | |
Postal code : | 47-133 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | |
License plate : | EAST | |
Economy and Transport | ||
Street : | Strzelce Opolskie - Zawadzkie | |
Next international airport : | Katowice | |
administration | ||
Website : | www.jemielnica.pl |
Himmelwitz , Polish Jemielnica , (1945–1947 Imielnica ; Silesian Imielnica or Iymylnica ) is a village and capital of the rural community of the same name in the powiat Strzelecki in the Opole Voivodeship .
Since 2006 the municipality has been officially bilingual (Polish and German).
geography
Himmelwitz is located seven kilometers northeast of Groß Strehlitz , 41 kilometers southeast of Opole and 47 kilometers northwest of Gleiwitz .
Neighboring communities are Colonnowska , Groß Strehlitz , Wielowieś and Zawadzkie .
Local division
The village of Himmelwitz consists of the following districts:
- Jemielnica-Wiejska ( Himmelwitz-Dorf )
- Gajdowe ( Gaidowe )
- Zawodzie ( Zawodzie )
- Nowa Kolonia ( New Colony )
- Stara Kolonia ( Old Colony )
- Borek ( Borek )
- Nowe Osiedle ( New Siedel )
history
Gemelnici , which belongs to the Duchy of Opole , was first mentioned in a document on November 29, 1225, when it was suspended under German law. In 1280 Boleslaus I of Opole founded the Cistercian monastery Himmelwitz , which was settled with monks from the monastery Rauden . The All Saints Church is documented for the year 1285 and served as a parish church until 1810.
After the death of Duke Boleslaus I in 1313, Himmelwitz passed to his youngest son Albert , who founded the Duchy of Strehlitz . Like his two older brothers, Duke Albert came under the Bohemian feudal sovereignty in 1327, which was recognized by the Polish king with the Treaty of Trenčín in 1335 . After the death of Duke Albert, who (after 1366 and before 1375) died without male descendants, the direct line of the Dukes of Strehlitz ended. As a result, Himmelwitz fell to his nephew Bolko III. from Opole . After the death of the childless Duke Johann in 1532, this reverted to the Crown of Bohemia , which came to the Habsburgs in 1526 .
After the First Silesian War in 1742, Himmelwitz, along with most of Silesia, fell to Prussia . With the monastic Latin school opened around 1750 , its pupils received access to higher education. In 1810 the monastery was abolished by the Prussian state government as part of secularization . The All Saints Church, which had previously served as a parish church, was designated as a burial and cemetery church and the monastery church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary as the parish church for Himmelwitz.
In 1818 Himmelwitz was incorporated into the newly formed district of Groß Strehlitz , with which it remained connected until 1945. In 1826 the former monastery property was sold to Count Andreas Maria Renard on Groß Strehlitz. From 1874 Himmelwitz belonged to the district of Groß Strehlitz-Land.
In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 240 votes were cast in Himmelwitz for remaining with Germany and 749 for Poland. In the manor district there were 23 votes for Germany and 39 for Poland. As part of the Groß Strehlitz district, Himmelwitz remained with Germany.
After the end of the Second World War , Himmelwitz fell to Poland in 1945. As early as January 1945 it was occupied by the Red Army, whereupon the provisional Polish administration introduced the place name Imielnica on April 21, 1945 . Subsequently Imielnica was attached to the Silesian Voivodeship and renamed Jemielnica on March 30, 1947 . In 1950 it was incorporated into the Opole Voivodeship .
On August 28, 2006 German was introduced as the second official language and on November 14, 2008 German place names were introduced. In October 2010 the bilingual place-name signs were put up in the community of Himmelwitz.
Attractions
- The parish church of the Assumption of Mary was built as a monastery church together with the monastery buildings at the end of the 13th century. In the 18th century it was changed to Baroque style and after the secularization of the monastery in 1810 it was rededicated as a parish church.
- The former parish church of All Saints has served as a burial and cemetery church since 1810. It was first mentioned in 1285 and was then made of wood. In 1477 it was built from stone in the late Gothic style. It contains well-preserved frescoes and interior fittings from the 17th century.
Partnerships
The municipality of Himmelwitz maintains partnerships with the following German municipalities:
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Peter Jaskola (* 1952), Polish Catholic priest and professor of theology
- Bertram Kandziora (* 1956), German manager
- Elisabeth Kollmannsberger , German singer
Other personalities
- Karl Gratza (1820–1876), German clergyman and member of the Reichstag.
- Johannes Nucius (1556–1620), German clergyman and composer.
- Josef Wiessalla (1898–1945), German writer and publicist.
local community
The rural community of Himmelwitz covers an area of 113.21 km² (including 66 km² of forest). According to the 2002 census, there were 7,702 inhabitants in the municipality of Himmelwitz. Of these, 4091 inhabitants (53.1%) stated their Polish nationality. 2515 people (32.7%) stated another nationality. Including: 1871 inhabitants (24.3%) with German nationality and 627 (8.1%) with the unrecognized Silesian nationality. 14.2% of the population (1096 inhabitants) did not state any nationality in the survey.
literature
- Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , pp. 186f.
- Konstantin Damroth: The older place names of Silesia: Their origin and meaning . Kasprzyk Verlag, Beuthen OS 1896, p. 171.
- Kazimierz Nitsch: Dialekty polskie Śląska , No. 1, 2nd edition, Polska Akademia Umiejętności, Kraków 1939.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Damroth, Konstantin. 1896. The older place names of Silesia: their origin and meaning . Kasprzyk: Beuthen OS, p. 171.
- ↑ Nitsch, Kazimierz. 1939. Dialekty polskie Śląska , cz. 1, wyd. 2. Polska Akademia Umiejętności: Kraków, p. 247.
- ↑ www.territorial.de: Groß Strehlitz-Land district
- ↑ Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier in Karlsruhe. (No longer available online.) March 4, 2016, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Himmelwitz, Lasisk i Petersgrätz - dwujęzyczne tablice stanęły w gminie Jemielnica. on: nto.pl
- ↑ Upper Silesia travel guide. Retrieved February 12, 2018 .
- ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : Professor from Poland in Beselich annually for decades . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 2020 . The district committee of the district of Limburg-Weilburg, Limburg-Weilburg 2019, ISBN 3-927006-57-2 , p. 223-228 .
- ↑ Wyniki Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego Ludności i Mieszkań 2002. ( Memento of 21 February 2012 on Webcite ) Census 2002