Copiesica

Copies Koppinitz
	Copies Koppinitz
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)
Gmina :	Zbrosławice (Broslawitz)
Geographic location :	50 ° 27 '  N , 18 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '11 "  N , 18 ° 38' 53"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	STA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

Copiesica (German: Koppinitz ) is a town in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Zbrosławice (Broslawitz) in the powiat Tarnogórski (Tarnowitz district) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

Copiesica is located nine kilometers northwest of the municipality Zbrosławice , 16 kilometers west of the district town Tarnowskie Góry ( Tarnowitz ) and 34 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice ( Katowice ).

history

The place was created in the 13th century at the latest and was first mentioned in a document as "Copinicza" in 1295–1305 in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis ( Tithe Register of the Diocese of Wroclaw ).

The place was mentioned in 1783 in the book Beytrage describing Silesia as a Koppiniz and had three farms, a Catholic church, a school, 19 farmers, 14 gardeners , a few cottagers and 198 residents. In 1818 the place was mentioned as Koppinitz . In 1865 Koppinitz consisted of a manor and a village. The Vorwerke Kopacz and Adelenhof belonged to the manor. At that time the village had eleven farmer positions, one three-quarter farmer, twelve half-farmer, five quarter farmer, 13 gardener positions, two half-gardener, 23 cottage-owner positions and a samol mill. The village also included the Neudorf colony and the Krassow colony.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 89 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 241 for membership in Poland. Koppinitz remained with the German Empire . In 1936 the place was renamed Adelenhof . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Copiesice 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 . On January 1, 2013, the place name was changed tokopica .

Attractions

• Castle from 1844 with park
• Wayside crosses

coat of arms

The coat of arms or seal shows two crossed axes.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Ernst Tramp: Additions to the description of Silesia for the description of Silesia.html? Id = OSMDAAAAcAAJ 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 )