Horst (Opole)

Horst Świerkle
	Horst Świerkle
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	District-free city
District of:	Opole
Geographic location :	50 ° 46 '  N , 17 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '50 "  N , 17 ° 55' 52"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OP (OPO)

Horst ( Polish Świerkle ) is a district of the city of Opole . Until 2016, the Upper Silesian village was in the municipality of Groß Döbern in the Powiat Opolski (Opole district).

geography

Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Geographical location

Horst is located seven kilometers east of the municipality of Groß Döbern and eleven kilometers north of the district town and voivodeship capital Opole ( Opole ).

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Horst are in the west Finkenstein ( Brzezie ), in the north Brinnitz ( Brynica ), in the east Massow ( Masów ) and in the south Czarnowanz ( Czarnowąsy ).

history

Horst was established as a colony in 1773.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 223 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 192 for Poland. Horst stayed with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 589 inhabitants. In 1939 the place had 593 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Opole .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Świerkle and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Opolski . On April 22, 2009, German was introduced as the second official language in the community of Groß Döbern, to which Horst belonged, and on December 1, 2009, the place was also given the official German place name Horst . On January 1, 2017, Horst was incorporated into the city of Opole.

Attractions

• The Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1949. In 1970 the church was destroyed by fire and after a two-month renovation it got its current appearance.
• Five wayside shrines
• Bell tower from the 18th or 19th century

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Internet site of the community of Groß Döbern (German, accessed on September 15, 2012) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2012 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.  
2. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ City of Opole: Nowe Opole ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2017 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. 
4. ^ Sejm: Ordinance of January 1, 2017
5. ^ History of the Catholic Church in Horst