Massow (Lugnian)
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Opole | ||
| Gmina : | Lugnian | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 46 ' N , 17 ° 59' E | ||
| Residents : | 293 (March 31, 2011) | ||
| Postal code : | 46-024 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OPO | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Opole - Lugnian | ||
| Next international airport : | Katowice | ||
Massow ( Polish Masów ) is a village in the Polish powiat Opolski of the Opole Voivodeship . The village belongs to the bilingual municipality of Lugnian ( Łubniany in Polish ).
geography
Geographical location
Massow is located in the historical region of Upper Silesia in the Opole region . The village is located about three kilometers south of the municipality Lugnian and about eleven kilometers northeast of the district town and voivodeship capital Opole ( Opole ).
The place is in the Nizina Śląska ( Silesian Plain ) within the Równina Opolska ( Opole Plain ). In terms of nature, Massow is surrounded by larger forest areas.
Village structure
Massow is a typical street village . Most of the houses are on Opolska ulica (Oppelner Strasse). Other houses are only located on ulica Lesna and on the road to Königshuld.
Neighboring places
Neighboring towns of Massow are in the northwest the municipality seat Lugnian (Polish Łubniany ), in the east Königshuld (Polish Osowiec ), in the south Kollanowitz (Polish Kolanowice ) and in the west Horst (Polish Świerkle )
history
The place was founded in 1773 during the Frederician colonization as a logging colony. The village was formally founded on May 20, 1773 and laid out as a street village. The name Massow was decided by decree by the Prussian King Frederick the Great , after the Prussian general Hans von Massow . The first settlers came mainly from Bohemia and Moravia . In 1789 there were already 75 people living in Massow.
After the reorganization of the province of Silesia which belonged rural community Massow from 1816 to district Opole in the administrative district of Opole . In 1819 145 people lived in Massow. In 1845 there was a Catholic school and 25 houses in the village. In the same year 214 people lived in Massow, two of them Protestants. In 1861 a school was mentioned in Massow. In 1874 the administrative district of Lugnian was founded, which consisted of the rural communities Mainczok, Massow and Lugnian. A short time later, the Lugnian district was dissolved. The parishes were assigned to the Jellowa district.
During the referendum in Upper Silesia in 1921, 95 people voted for incorporation into Poland and 112 to remain in the German Reich. In 1925 there were 365 people living in the village. On April 1, 1939, Massow was incorporated into Lugnian . In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration. It was not until June 1, 1948, that the place received its current Polish name Masów and became an independent village again. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship. There was a primary school in Massow until the 1970s. However, due to the low number of students, this had to be closed. The former schoolhouse was then converted into a residential building. In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Opolski.
On April 30, 2010, the village was also given the official German place name Massow .
Attractions
- Chapel with a bell tower on Opolska Street
- Chapel on Opolska Street
literature
- Czech, K. (2014): Commune Lubniany in words and pictures - an attempt at a historical-cultural monograph. Lubniany (Wydawca Lubnianski Osrodek Kultury), pp. 154-159
Individual evidence
- ^ CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku (Polish), March 31, 2011, accessed on April 15, 2019
- ^ Johann Georg Knie : Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, spots, cities and other places of the royal family. Preuss. Province of Silesia. Breslau 1845, p. 400.
- ^ Territorial district of Lugnian / Jellowa / Ilnau
- ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Opole district (Polish Opole). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
Biadacz | Brinnitz (Brynica) | Lugnian Dombrowka (Dąbrówka Łubniańska) | Heinrichsfelde (Grabie) | Jellowa (Jełowa) | Kempa (Kępa) | Kobyllno (Kobylno) | Kollanowitz (Kolanowice) | Luboschütz (Luboszyce) | Lugnian (Łubniany) | Massow (Masów)