Janów (Olszanka)

Janów Johnsdorf
Help on coat of arms	Janów Johnsdorf
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Brzeg
Gmina :	Olszanka
Geographic location :	50 ° 47 '  N , 17 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '13 "  N , 17 ° 31' 16"  E
Residents :	307 (March 31, 2011)
Postal code :	49-330
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	IF
Economy and Transport
Street :	DW 462 Krzyżowice - Stobrawa
Next international airport :	Wroclaw

Janów ( German Johnsdorf ) is a village in the Polish rural community Olszanka ( Alzenau ) in the Powiat Brzeski of the Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Geographical location

Janów is located in the eastern part of Lower Silesia in the Brieger Land. The village of Janów is located about three kilometers east of the municipality seat Olszanka , about 13 kilometers southeast of the district town Brzeg and about 35 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Opole .

Janów lies in the Nizina Śląska (Silesian Plain) within the Równina Wrocławska (Wroclaw Plain) . The provincial road Droga wojewódzka 462 runs through the village .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Janów are Gierszowice ( Giersdorf ) in the north, Strzelniki (Jägerndorf) in the northeast, Łosiów (Lossen) in the east, Jasiona ( Jeschen ) in the southeast and Pogorzela ( Pogarell ) in the west .

history

Johnsdorf Castle (2011)

The place was first named Jonsdorf in 1409 . The place name is derived from the name of the founder, Johann's village .

After the First Silesian War in 1742, Johnsdorf and most of Silesia fell to Prussia .

After the reorganization of the province of Silesia , the rural community of Johnsdorf belonged to the district of Brieg in the administrative district of Breslau from 1818 . In 1845 there was a castle, a farm, a brewery, a distillery and another 38 houses in the village. In the same year, 215 people lived in Johnsdorf, 18 of them Catholic. In 1874 the district of Alzenau was founded, to which Johnsdorf was incorporated. In 1885 148 people lived in Johnsdorf.

Johnsdorf Castle was built between 1904 and 1913. In 1933 there were 187 people in Johnsdorf, and in 1939 there were 174 people. Until 1945 the village belonged to the district of Brieg .

As a result of the Second World War, Johnsdorf, like most of Silesia, fell under Polish administration in 1945 . Subsequently, the place was renamed Janów and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 it was incorporated into the Opole Voivodeship. In 1999 the place became part of the newly founded Powiat Breszki ( Brieg district )

Attractions

• The Johnsdorf castle was built from 1904 to 1913 on behalf of the minor family. Before that, there was already an 18th century manor on the same site. The castle was built in neo-baroque and neoclassical styles. The two-story building has a rectangular floor plan and an octagonal tower on the east side. The castle has been a listed building since 1987.
• The castle is surrounded by a 1.5 hectare park. Renovation work was carried out in the park in the late 1990s. There is a neo-baroque gate building on the northwest side. The park has been a listed building since 1983.

Web links

Commons : Janów (Olszanka)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku , March 31, 2011, accessed on January 27, 2019 (Polish)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Georg Knie : Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, towns, cities and other places of the royal family. Preuss. Province of Silesia. Breslau 1845, p. 259.
3. ^ Heinrich Adamy : The Silesian place names, their origin and meaning - A picture from prehistoric times , Breslau, Priebatsch, 1889, p. 100
4. ^ Territorial district of Alzenau
5. ↑ AGoFF District Brieg
6. ↑ Administrative history - District of Brieg ( Memento from September 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ ^{a b} Johnsdorf Castle (Polish)
8. ↑ ^{a b} List of Monuments of the Opole Voivodeship p. 16 (Polish)