Niwki (Strzelce Opolskie)

Niwki
	Niwki
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Strzelce Opolskie
Gmina :	Strzelce Opolskie municipality
Geographic location :	50 ° 30 '  N , 18 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '59 "  N , 18 ° 9' 23"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	EAST

Niwki (German: Niewke ) is a village in Poland in Upper Silesia in the municipality of Strzelce Opolskie (Groß Strehlitz) in the Powiat Strzelecki in the Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Geographical location

Niwki is nine kilometers west of the municipality and the district town of Strzelce Opolskie and 25 kilometers southeast of the voivodeship capital Opole .

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Niwki are Ligota Dolna (Nieder Ellguth) in the west, Posnowitz ( Poznowice ) in the north, Kalinowice (Kalinowitz) in the east and Ligota Górna (Ober Ellguth) and Wyssoka ( Wysoka ) in the south .

history

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 91 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 25 for Poland. Niewke stayed with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 188 inhabitants. On July 4, 1936, the place was renamed Groß Neuland . In 1939 the place had 189 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Groß Strehlitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Niwki and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Strzelecki .

societies

• German Friendship Circle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )