Oberwitz

Oberwitz
	Oberwitz
	Oberwitz
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Krapkowice
Gmina :	Gogolin
Geographic location :	50 ° 28 ' N , 18 ° 2' E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '38 " N , 18 ° 1' 36" E
Residents :	600 ()
Postal code :	47-320
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OKR
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice
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Church in Oberwitz

House in Oberwitz

Oberwitz , in Polish Obrowiec , is a village in Upper Silesia . Oberwitz is located in the municipality of Gogolin in the powiat Krapkowicki (Krappitz district) in the Polish Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Geographical location

Oberwitz is five kilometers south of Gogolin , four kilometers southeast of the district town of Krapkowice (Krappitz) and 25 kilometers south of the voivodeship capital Opole .

Oberwitz lies on the Oder . The A4 motorway runs north of Oberwitz .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Oberwitz are in the northwest Krapkowice (Krappitz), in the north Gogolin , in the east Jasiona (Jeschona) and in the southeast Krępna (Krempa).

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1352. The church was built from 1869 to 1884.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 127 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 216 for Poland, in the Oberwitz manor district 77 people voted for Germany and 10 for Poland. Oberwitz remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 730 inhabitants. In 1939 the place had 763 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 Obrowiec and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to Powiat Krapkowicki . On April 30, 2010, the place was also given the official German place name Oberwitz .

Temple mount

The Tempelberg or Kopietz is a hill on the Oder near Oberwitz. The wooded hill is surrounded by an elliptical wall ring. There is a ditch filled with water between the wall and the hill. Due to its shape, the Temple Mount is probably an artificially created complex that was used as a castle wall. It is believed that the complex was built in the 12th or 13th century.