Opalenica

Opalenica
	Opalenica
	Opalenica
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Greater Poland
Powiat :	Novotomysky
Area :	147.69 km²
Geographic location :	52 ° 16 ' N , 16 ° 25' E Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '28 " N , 16 ° 24' 49" E
Residents :	9587 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code :	64-330
Telephone code :	(+48) 61
License plate :	PNT
Economy and Transport
Street :	A2
Rail route :	Berlin – Warsaw
Next international airport :	Poznan-Ławica
Gmina
Gminatype:	Urban and rural municipality
Gmina structure:	16 school authorities
Residents:	16,395 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Community number ( GUS ):	3015053
Administration (as of 2015)
Mayor :	Tomasz Szulc
Address:	ul. 3 Maja 1 ; 64-330 Opalenica
Website :	www.opalenica.pl
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Opalenica ( German Opalenitza ) is a town with 9,000 inhabitants in the powiat Nowotomyski , Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland . Opalenica is around 37 km from Poznan ( Poznań ) away. The Opalenica commune borders on the following communes: Nowy Tomyśl , Kuślin (Nowy Tomyśl County), Duszniki (Szamotuły County), Buk (Poznań County), Granowo and Grodzisk Wielkopolski . (Grodzisk district).

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1393. Opalenica, which was then owned by Ticz Bar de Opalenicza (Tietz-Dietrich Bär), a representative of a Pomeranian knightly family, received town charter between 1399 and 1401.

From 1793 to 1807, Opalenica came under Prussian rule temporarily as a result of the second partition of Poland . Due to the Congress of Vienna , Opalenica came back to Prussia ( Posen Province ) in 1815 , where it was administered as part of the Buk district and, from 1887, the Graetz district. In 1918 it returned to Poland.

Opalenica has a city partnership with the Dutch Zevenbergen and Königslutter am Elm and Storkow in Germany.

Until 2010, the Remes Cup , the largest youth football tournament in Poland, took place in Opalenica every year .

traffic

Opalenica is still served by trains on the Frankfurt (Oder) –Poznań railway line, the Kościan – Opalenica railway line and the former Opalenitza small railways have been closed for passenger traffic since 1991 and 1995, respectively.

Gmina

The following places belong to the urban and rural municipality of Opalenica:

Surname	German name (1815-1918)	German name (1939-1945)
Dakowy Mokre	Dakowy Mokre	Nassenau
Drapak	Drapak	Liebwalde
Jastrzębniki	Jastrzembnik	Eggendorf
Kopanki	Kopanke	Sandorf
Kozłowo	Kozlowo	Erlendorf
Łagwy	Lagwy	Krummdorf
Łęczyce	Handlebars Hauland	Lenkerhauland
Niegolewo	Niegolewo	Lindental
Opalenica	Opalenica 1875–1918 Opalenitza	1939–1943 Opalenitza 1943–1945 Oppenbach
Porażyn	Porazyn	Eichenhorst
Porażyn-Dworzec	Eichenhorst station	Eichenhorst station
Rudniki	Rudnik	Ruhenheim
Separówko	Erlenhof	Erlenhof
Sielenko	Sielenko	1939–1943 Schöneichen 1943–1945 Sellingen
Terespotockie	Terespotocke 1912–1918 Teresfelde	Teresfelde
Troszczyn	Troszczyn	Meadow land
Urbanowo	Urbanowo	Foliage village
Uścięcice	Usciencice	Falldorf
Wojnowice	Woynowice	Kriegerau

Buildings

The late Gothic St. Matthias Church with a separate bell tower was built at the beginning of the 17th century.
St. Joseph's Church was built in 1900 in neo-Gothic style for the Protestant community according to plans by Ludwig von Tiedemann and was taken over by the Catholic Church in 1945 .
The cemetery chapel was built in the Mannerist style in the first half of the 17th century .
The town hall was built in 1897 in the neo-renaissance style.