Markowice (Racibórz)

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Markowice (Poland)
Markowice
Markowice
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Silesia
Powiat : Racibórz
District of: Racibórz
Geographic location : 50 ° 7 '  N , 18 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '45 "  N , 18 ° 16' 27"  E
Height : 200 m npm
Residents :
Postal code : 47-445
Telephone code : (+48) 32
License plate : SRC
Economy and Transport
Rail route : Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Racibórz
Next international airport : Katowice-Pyrzowice



Markowice ( German : Markowitz) is one of the eleven districts of the city of Racibórz ( Ratibor ) in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. The place was incorporated into the city on February 1, 1977.

geography

Center of Markowice

The district of Markowice is located on the right bank of the Upper Oder in the southeast of the Silesian Voivodeship, about 25 kilometers west of Rybnik and about 70 kilometers southwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice ( Katowice ).

The area around Markowice is the most south-eastern part of the Silesian Lowlands . In the west lies the Oppa Mountains , in the north the Upper Silesian Highlands and in the south the Moravian Gate . North of the district Markowice founded in 1957, the nature reserve Łężczok ( Lensczok ). It extends over an area of ​​about 400 hectares and is home to rare plant and animal species.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1290. In April 1319 the Ratibor duke Lestko Markowitz gave his sister Eufemia von Ratibor . She was the prioress of the Dominican convent in Racibórz, to which Markowitz fell after Eufemia's death in 1359.

After the First Silesian War , Markowitz and most of Silesia fell to Prussia in 1742 . From 1815 it belonged to the newly formed province of Silesia and from 1816 to the district of Ratibor , with which it remained connected until 1945. In 1873 Markowitz was owned by Duke Victor I of Ratibor with an area of ​​2222 acres . In May 1874 the district of Markowitz was founded with the rural communities and manor districts Adamowitz, Bogunitz, Kobilla, Markowitz and Raschütz as well as the registry office in Markowitz.

After the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, the state border with the Polish East Upper Silesia was drawn not far east of Markowitz. In 1936 during the Nazi era , the place was renamed Markdorf . In 1933 there were 2383 inhabitants and in 1939 2631 inhabitants.

After the war ended , the village of Markowice belonged to Gmina Markowice in the Raciborski powiat from 1945 to 1954 . When it was incorporated on February 1, 1977, Markowice became a northeastern part of the city of Racibórz.

traffic

Station building

Racibórz Markowice station is located at the junction of the former Racibórz – Olza railway from the Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Bohumín railway . The Gliwice – Racibórz narrow-gauge railway also used to run .

Personalities

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Goods address book Silesia 1873 / Ratibor at GenWiki (accessed in September 2014)
  2. ^ Rolf Jehke: District of Markdorf. Territorial changes in Germany ..., October 1, 2011, accessed on April 23, 2014 .