Kosztowy
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ N , 19 ° 10 ′ E
Kosztowy [ kɔˈʃtɔvɨ ] ( German Kostow ; older Kosztow ) is a district of the independent city of Mysłowice in the Silesian Voivodeship , Poland . The previously independent municipality is located 4 km south of the city center of Mysłowice, near the neighboring town of Imielin and was incorporated into the municipality together with Wesoła and Dziećkowice as part of the municipal reform of 1975.
history
Kosztow was first mentioned in the 14th century and belonged to the Duchy of Ratibor . In 1391, Duke John II of Troppau-Ratibor donated the villages of Kostow, Imielin and Groß Chelm, separated by extensive forests from the rest of his Duchy of Ratibor , to the Bishop of Cracow . Since the bishops also assumed sovereignty, Kostow was not part of Silesia until 1742 . In 1772 it was handed over to Prussia, from 1796 Kostow belonged to the newly established Imielin Office. In 1807 the village became part of the Duchy of Siewierz of the French Marshal Jean Lannes and came back to Prussia in 1817.
The Upper Silesian village Kostow had 718 inhabitants in 1885 and 1,538 in 1900. Kostow belonged to the Pless district from 1818 to 1922 and then became Polish. Between 1939 and 1945 the place again belonged to the German Empire.
Personalities
- Jerzy Chromik (1931–1987), Polish athlete born in Kosztowy and multiple world record holder
Transmission mast
A 355-meter-high transmission mast for VHF and TV has been located near Kosztowy since 1976 . This transmission mast is the second tallest structure in Poland after the collapse of the Radio Warsaw transmission mast in Konstantynów .