Mieszkowice (Prudnik)
| Mieszkowice Dittmannsdorf |
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Prudnik | ||
| Gmina : | Prudnik | ||
| Area : | 8.14 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 23 ' N , 17 ° 29' E | ||
| Height : | 250-305 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 489 (2012) | ||
| Postal code : | 48-200 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OPR | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Next international airport : | Wroclaw | ||
Mieszkowice ( German Dittmannsdorf ) is a place in the Gmina Prudnik in the powiat Prudnicki in the Polish Opole Voivodeship .
geography
Geographical location
The forest hoof village Mieszkowice is located in the south of the historical region of Upper Silesia . The place is about ten kilometers northwest of the municipality and the district town Prudnik and about 57 kilometers southwest of the voivodeship capital Opole .
Mieszkowice lies in the Nizina Śląska (Silesian Plain) within the Płaskowyż Głubczycki (Leobschützer Loesshügelland) . The Steinau ( Ścinawa Niemodlińska ) flows west of the village . The Zuckmanteler Bergland ( Góry Opawskie ) extends southwest of the village . The Krnov – Głuchołazy railway runs west of the village .
Neighboring places
Neighboring places are Rudziczka ( Riegersdorf ) in the east, Szybowice ( Schnellewalde ) in the south, Lipowa ( Lindewiese ) in the north-west and Piorunkowice ( Schweinsdorf ) in the north-east.
history
Dittmannsdorf was laid out as a Waldhufendorf village in the second half of the 13th century and settled with German colonists. The place was first mentioned in 1464 as Ditmarsdorff .
After the First Silesian War in 1742, Dittmannsdorf and most of Silesia came to Prussia .
After the reorganization of the province of Silesia , the rural community of Dittmannsdorf belonged to the district of Neustadt OS in the administrative district of Opole from 1816 . In 1841 a Catholic school was established in the village. In 1845 there was a farm in the village, a church, a Protestant school, a Catholic school, two taverns and a further 218 houses. In the same year, 1246 people lived in Dittmannsdorf, 480 of them Catholic. In 1855, 1,707 people lived in Dittmannsdorf. In 1865 there were 71 farmers, 5 gardeners and 97 cottagers as well as two inherited scholtiseien and a mill. The Catholic school was attended by 81 students in the same year. The evangelical believers were parish in Schnellwalde. The local evangelical school was attended by 140 students in 1865. In 1874 the district of Dittmannsdorf was founded, which consisted of the rural communities Dittmannsdorf and the manor district of Dittmannsdorf. The first head of office was the manor owner and Kgl. Premier Lieutenant Paul Plewig. In 1885 Dittmannsdorf had 1,141 inhabitants.
In 1933 there were 866 people in Dittmannsdorf and 816 in 1939. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Neustadt OS
In March 1945 the population fled from the Soviet troops in the direction of Ludwigsdorf near Bad Ziegenhals . Some of the refugees returned to Dittmannsdorf in May. In July and August 1945, Polish settlers occupied the empty farms in Dittmannsdorf. On July 1, 1946, the remaining Germans were expelled .
In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Mieszkowice and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the powiat Prudnicki .
Attractions
- The Roman Catholic Church of St. George (Polish Kościół św. Jerzego ) was first mentioned in 1465. The current building dates from 1586 and was initially used by the Protestant community. In 1629 the church went to the local Catholic community. The church has been a listed building since 1955.
- Stone path chapel with bell tower
- Stone path chapel with statue of the Virgin Mary
- Wooden wayside cross
societies
- Voluntary fire brigade OPS Mieszkowice
- Sports club LZS Mieszkowice
Personalities
- Johannes Schneider (1824–1876), Catholic pastor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Places in Gmina Prudnik - History and Dates (Polish)
- ^ Walter Kuhn : Settlement history of Upper Silesia. Oberschlesischer Heimatverlag, Würzburg. 1954, p. 66.
- ↑ a b Johann Georg Knie : Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, towns, cities and other places of the royal family. Preuss. Province of Silesia. Breslau 1845, p. 96.
- ^ Felix Triest : Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865, p. 1056
- ^ Territorial district of Dittmannsdorf
- ↑ AGoFF district Neustadt OS
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. neustadt_os.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ^ History of Mieszkowice (Polish)
- ^ List of monuments in the Opole Voivodeship
Czyżowice (Zeiselwitz) | Dębowiec (Eichhäusel) | Łąka Prudnicka (Count's Meadow) | Mieszkowice (Dittmannsdorf) | Moszczanka (Langenbrück) | Niemysłowice (Buchelsdorf) | Piorunkowice (Schweinsdorf) | Rudziczka (Riegersdorf) | Szybowice (Schnellewalde) | Wierzbiec (Wackenau)
Colonies and Hamlet: Chocim (Kotzem) | Gajówka (forestry) | Moszczanka-Kolonia (Langenbrück Colony) | Osiedle | Siemków (Bohemian Village ) | Trzebieszów (for yourself) | Wieszczyna (Neudeck) | Włóczno (eight hatches) | Zimne Kąty (Kaltfuhr)