Koty (Tworóg)

Koty ; Kottenlust
	Koty ; Kottenlust
	Koty ; Kottenlust
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Tarnowskie Góry
Gmina :	Tworóg
Geographic location :	50 ° 33 ' N , 18 ° 42' E Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '4 " N , 18 ° 41' 58" E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	STA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice
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An oak tree as a natural monument in Wesoła

Koty (German: Kottenlust ) is a town in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Tworóg (Tworog) in the Powiat Tarnogórski (Tarnowitz district) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

Koty is located two kilometers north of the municipality Tworóg , 17 kilometers northwest of the district town Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) and 40 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice (Katowice).

The hamlet of Wesoła (Wessolla) belongs to Koty.

history

The place was built in the 16th century on an iron hammer . In 1687 the branch church belonging to Langendorf was elevated to a parochial church. In 1714 a massive church was built by Counts Leopold and Siegfried von Verdugo. In 1818 the place was mentioned as Kothen . In 1865 Kotten had two farm positions, 27 gardener positions, 49 private houses, a Kretscham (restaurant) and a mill. Furthermore, the place was schooled after Potempa . Wessolla had seven Dominial houses, two outdoor gardener positions, four gardener positions, one cottage industry and three fresh fires. By amalgamating both places into one municipality, Kotten was renamed Kottenlust, but the name Kotten was retained as the name of an associated hamlet.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 60 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 209 for Poland. Kottenlust remained with the German Empire . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Koty 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

baroque church
two chapels
Wayside cross from around 1900
Way chapel in Wesoła

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a cat turned to the right with a collar.

Individual evidence

↑ Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the county of Glatz, Volume 2: [1]
↑ Cf. Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the county of Glatz, Volume 2: [1]

[Triest-2] Cf. Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865

[3] Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )