Karchowice

Karchowice Karchowitz
	Karchowice Karchowitz
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)
Gmina :	Zbrosławice (Broslawitz)
Geographic location :	50 ° 24 '  N , 18 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '39 "  N , 18 ° 40' 58"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	STA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

The Zawada waterworks

Karchowice (German: Karchowitz ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Zbrosławice (Broslawitz) in the powiat Tarnogórski (Tarnowitz district) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

Karchowice is located six kilometers southwest of the municipality Zbrosławice , 15 kilometers southwest of the district town of Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) and 28 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice (Kattowitz).

The place is on the valley of the Drama River .

history

The place originated in the 13th century at the latest and was first mentioned in a document in 1210. 1295–1305 the place was mentioned in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (tithe register of the diocese of Breslau) as "Karchowitz polonico".

The place was mentioned in 1783 in the book Beytrage for the description of Silesia as Karchowi (t) z , belonged to a Herr von Strachwitz, was in the Tost district and had 123 inhabitants, a farm, a church, 15 farmers and seven gardeners. In 1818 the place was mentioned as Karchowitz . In 1856 the Catholic school was built. In 1865 the community had 19 farmers, nine gardeners, three cottagers and three water mills. In 1895 the waterworks was put into operation.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 52 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 155 for membership in Poland. Karchowitz remained with the German Empire . In 1936 the place was renamed Gutenquell . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Karchowice and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Katowice Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Tarnogórski and the new Silesian Voivodeship .

Attractions

• Catholic Church and Cemetery
• Nepomuk Chapel, a path chapel from the 19th century
• Wayside crosses
• Zawada waterworks from 1895 with brick facade.

coat of arms

The coat of arms or seal shows a house.

Web links

Commons : Karchowice  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Ernst Tramp: Additions to the Description of Silesia, Volume 2 , Brieg 1783
2. ^ Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the county of Glatz, Volume 2 , 1818
3. ↑ Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
4. ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Route of the Technical Monuments