Koske (Pawlowitzke)

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Koske Kózki (Poland)
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Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Opole
Powiat : Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel)
Gmina : Pawlowitzke
Geographic location : 50 ° 17 '  N , 17 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 17 '0 "  N , 17 ° 57' 7"  E
Residents :
Telephone code : (+48) 77
License plate : OK
Economy and Transport
Next international airport : Katowice-Pyrzowice



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Koske (Polish: Kózki ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Pawlowitzke in the powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski (Kandrzin-Cosel district) in the Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Koske is located about eight kilometers northwest of the municipal seat Pawłowiczki ( Pawlowitzke ), 20 kilometers southwest of the district town Kędzierzyn-Koźle ( Kandrzin-Cosel ) and 43 kilometers south of the voivodeship capital Opole .

history

The place originated in the 13th century at the latest and was first mentioned in a document on November 28, 1221 as "Cozki". In this document, Bishop Lorenz von Breslau declared the tithe with which the Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Breslau was endowed.

The place was mentioned in 1783 in the book Additions to the Description of Silesia as Koske , consisted of two parts, belonged to the Minorite Convent of Oberglogau and was located in the district of Cosel and had 160 inhabitants, a Catholic church, a school, a farm, a stately home, eight Farmers, 25 gardeners and a few cottagers. In 1865 Koske had seven farms, 26 gardeners and 25 cottagers, as well as a Kretschmer (innkeeper), a post mill, a blacksmith and a school.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 234 eligible voters voted for Upper Silesia to remain with Germany and 25 for membership in Poland. Koske remained with the German Empire after the division of Upper Silesia . On June 12, 1936 the place was renamed Hohenflur in the course of a wave of renaming of places during the Nazi era . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Cosel .

In 1945 the formerly German town came under Polish administration and was then attached to the Silesian Voivodeship and renamed the Polish Kózki . The district of Cosel was renamed Powiat Kozielski. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1975 the powiat Kozielski was dissolved. In 1999 the place came to the newly founded Powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski . On September 30, 2014, the place was also given the official German place name Koske .

Attractions

  • Wayside chapel
  • Wayside crosses

Web links

Commons : Kózki (województwo opolskie)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silesian Document Book, Part 1, 1971
  2. ↑ Codex diplomaticus Silesiae, Volume 14, 1889
  3. ↑ Wroclaw Document Book, Volume 1, 1870
  4. ↑ Friedrich Albert Zimmermann: Additions to the Description of Silesia, Volume 2 , Brieg 1783
  5. ↑ Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
  6. ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )