Krzanowitz

The title of this article is ambiguous. See Krzanowice (disambiguation)

Krzanowitz Krzanowice
	Krzanowitz Krzanowice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	District-free city
District of:	Opole
Geographic location :	50 ° 43 ′  N , 17 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E
Residents :	400 (2007)
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OP (OPO)

Krzanowitz ( Polish Krzanowice , 1934-1945 Erlengrund ) is a district of the city of Opole in Poland. Until 2016, the Upper Silesian village was in the municipality of Groß Döbern in the Powiat Opolski (Opole district).

geography

Geographical location

Krzanowitz is located eight kilometers south-east of the municipality of Groß Döbern and six kilometers north of the district town and voivodeship capital Opole .

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Krzanowitz are in the west the Opole district Wróblin (Frauendorf), in the northwest Czarnowanz ( Czarnowąsy ), in the east Kępa (Kempa) and in the south Opole .

history

Krzanowitz was first mentioned in a document in 1450.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 61 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 74 for Poland. Krzanowitz remained with the German Empire . In 1925 there were 212 inhabitants. On February 19, 1934, the place was renamed Erlengrund . On April 1, 1937, Krzanowitz was incorporated into Frauendorf . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Opole .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Krzanowice and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Opolski . On April 22, 2009, German was introduced as the second official language in the community of Groß Döbern, to which Krzanowitz belonged, and on December 1, 2009 the place was also given the official German place name Krzanowitz . On January 1, 2017, Krzanowitz was incorporated into the city of Opole.

Attractions

• Wayside shrine
• Bell tower with figures of saints

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See website of the community of Groß Döbern ( memento from March 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ City of Opole: Nowe Opole ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Sejm: Ordinance of January 1, 2017