Miedary

Miedary Miedar
	Miedary Miedar
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)
Gmina :	Zbrosławice (Broslawitz)
Geographic location :	50 ° 27 '  N , 18 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '25 "  N , 18 ° 45' 47"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	STA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

The castle in Kopanina

Town view with avenue

The church

The brick factory

Miedary (German: Miedar ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Zbrosławice (Broslawitz) in the powiat Tarnogórski (Tarnowitz district) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

Miedary is located five kilometers north of the municipality Zbrosławice , eight kilometers west of the district town Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) and 29 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice (Katowice).

The hamlet of Kopanina (Kopanina) also belongs to Miedary .

history

The place was created in the 13th century at the latest and was first mentioned in a document as "Modar" in 1295–1305 in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (Tithe Register of the Diocese of Breslau).

The place was mentioned in 1783 in the book Beytrage describing Silesia as Miedar , belonged to the Tost district and had two farms, ten farmers, 24 gardeners and 206 inhabitants. In 1818 the place was mentioned as Miedar . In 1865 Miedar consisted of a manor and a village and was located in the district of Beuthen. The manor belonged to Count Praschma auf Falkenberg. The Kopanina Vorwerk belonged to the manor. The village had nine farming jobs, 32 gardening jobs, ten cottages and a Catholic school. The church was in Broslawitz.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 65 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 232 for Poland. Miedar remained with the German Reich and was part of the Tarnowitz district until 1922 . In 1936 the place was renamed Immenwald . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Beuthen-Tarnowitz .

In 1945 the previously German town came under Polish administration and was renamed Miedary and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. From 1945 to 1954 the place was the seat of the municipality Miedary. 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 .

Sights and buildings

• The Catholic Church
• The castle in Kopanina
• The brick factory
• The station building
• Wayside crosses

coat of arms

The coat of arms or seal shows a traditional beehive and a pitchfork. The coat of arms indicates the agricultural character of the place. It is also derived from the place name, which comes from Slavic and probably means honey or honey village.

traffic

Miedary station is on the former Zabrze Mikulczyce – Tworóg Brynek railway line .

Web links

Commons : Miedary  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Ernst Tramp: Additions to the Description of Silesia, Volume 2 , Brieg 1783
2. ^ Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the county of Glatz, Volume 2 , 1818
3. ↑ Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
4. ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )