Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Kędzierzyn-Koźle
	Kędzierzyn-Koźle
	Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Area :	123.42 km²
Geographic location :	50 ° 21 ' N , 18 ° 13' E Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '30 " N , 18 ° 12' 39" E
Residents :	60,852 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code :	47-200, 47-220
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OK
Economy and Transport
Street :	Głogówek - Ujazd
Rail route :	Gliwice – Nysa
	Kędzierzyn-Koźle-Opole ; Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Racibórz
Next international airport :	Katowice
Gmina
Gminatype:	Borough
Residents:	60,852 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Community number ( GUS ):	1603011
Administration (as of 2015)
City President :	Sabina Nowosielska
Address:	ul.Piramowicza 32 ; 47-200 Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Website :	www.kedzierzynkozle.pl
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Kędzierzyn-Koźle [ kɛɲˈʥɛʒɨn ˈkɔʑlɛ ] (German Kandrzin-Cosel ) is a city in Poland in the Opole Voivodeship .

geography

The city encompasses the entire mouth of the Klodnitz and Gleiwitz Canal into the Oder .

The historical center is the Koźle (Cosel) district to the left of the Oder . The districts to the right of the river, where industrial settlements have emerged from small villages since the 19th century, also developed into cities in the second half of the 20th century.

The Sławięcice district used to be a state rule , which included the large forest areas between the Oder and Klodnitz.

history

Kędzierzyn-Koźle was established in 1975 by the union of the towns of Koźle (Cosel), Kędzierzyn (Kandrzin), Kłodnica (Klodnitz) and Sławięcice (Slawentzitz).

politics

City President

The mayor is at the head of the administration. Since 2014 this has been Sabina Nowosielska from Platforma Obywatelska . The 2018 election resulted in the following:

Sabina Nowosielska ( Platforma Obywatelska ) 53.6% of the vote
Marek Piasecki ( Kukiz'15 ) 20.8% of the vote
Andrzej Chrzanowski ( Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ) 19.3% of the vote
Andrzej Mazur ( Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej ) 6.3% of the vote

Nowosielska was re-elected in the first ballot.

City council

The Kędzierzyn-Koźle City Council consists of 23 members. The 2018 election led to the following result:

Koalicja Obywatelska (KO) 45.0% of the vote, 14 seats
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) 22.3% of the vote, 5 seats
Independent electoral committee Marek Piasecki 18.5% of the vote, 4 seats
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (SLD) / Lewica Razem (Razem) 9.1% of the vote, no seat
Election committee German minority 5.1% of the vote, no seat

traffic

The Kędzierzyn-Koźle station is a railway junction with the east-west connection from Gliwice to Nysa , the north connection to Opole and the south connection to Racibórz . There used to be a north-east connection to Strzelce Opolskie and a south-west connection to Baborów from the West Railway Station ( Kędzierzyn-Koźle Zachodnie ) .

economy

The city is a center of the chemical industry. In Kędzierzyn-Azoty there is the largest plant for the production of nitrogen fertilizers in Poland; In the Blachownia Śląska district there is another large chemical plant and a power plant.

Borough

Culture house and cinema "Chemik"

The following districts belong to the municipality of Kędzierzyn-Koźle:

Azoty (originated under the name "Heydebreck-Süd")
Blachownia Śląska (Medar tin hammer, from 1936 to 1945: tin hammer)
Cisowa (Czissowa, from 1933 to 1945: dune field)
Kędzierzyn (Kandrzin-Pogorzelletz, from 1929 to 1934: Kandrzin, from 1934 to 1945: Heydebreck OS), 1951 town charter
Koźle (Cosel), 1298 town charter
Koźle Port (Cosel Oderhafen)
Koźle Rogi (Cosel Rogau)
Kłodnica (Klodnitz), 1973 town charter
Kuźniczka (Kuschnitzka)
Lenartowice (Lenartowitz, from 1936 to 1945: forest bridges)
Miejsce Kłodnickie (Miesce, from 1934 to 1945: Luisental)
Sławięcice (Slawentzitz, from 1936 to 1945: Ehrenforst), 1973 town charter

sons and daughters of the town

Darius Kampa (* 1977), professional footballer at SpVgg Unterhaching

Raphael Schäfer (* 1979), professional soccer player at 1. FC Nürnberg

Tomasz Kamusella (* 1967), Professor, European Studies of Language Use and Minority Languages in the Formation of Nation States
Robert Węgrzyn (* 1968), Polish politician, member of the Sejm
Anna Bieleń-Żarska (* 1979), tennis player
Toony (* 1984), German-Polish rapper
Mathias Wittek (* 1989), professional soccer player at 1. FC Heidenheim

Web links

Commons : Kędzierzyn-Koźle - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Official homepage of the twin city

Footnotes

↑ ^a ^b population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
↑ City website (BIP), Prezydent Miasta , accessed January 20, 2015
^ Result on the website of the electoral commission, accessed on July 17, 2020.
^ Result on the website of the electoral commission, accessed on July 17, 2020.

[L_ludnosc_stan_struktura_30-06-2019-1] population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .

[2] City website (BIP), Prezydent Miasta , accessed January 20, 2015

[3] Result on the website of the electoral commission, accessed on July 17, 2020.

[4] Result on the website of the electoral commission, accessed on July 17, 2020.