Orzesze

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Orzesze
Orzesze coat of arms
Orzesze (Poland)
Orzesze
Orzesze
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Silesia
Powiat : Mikołów
Area : 82.89  km²
Geographic location : 50 ° 9 '  N , 18 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 9 '0 "  N , 18 ° 46' 59"  E
Residents : 21,043
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code : 43-180
Telephone code : (+48) 32
License plate : SMI
Economy and Transport
Street : Katowice - Racibórz
Next international airport : Katowice
Gmina
Gminatype: Borough
Residents: 21,043
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Community number  ( GUS ): 2408031
Administration (as of 2014)
Mayor : Andrzej Szafraniec
Address: ul. Św. Wawrzyńca 21
43-180 Orzesze
Website : www.orzesze.pl



Orzesze [ ɔˈʒɛʃɛ ] ( German Orzesche , Upper Silesian Uorzesze ) is a city in Poland . It is located 10 km west of Tichau an der Birawka and belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship .

City structure

Orzesze city structure: yellow - part of the city without Schulzenamt , green - with Schuleznämtern

Orzesze forms a municipality and covers an area of ​​83.65 km² with the following districts:

  • Gardawice ( Gardawitz )
  • Jaśkowice ( Jaschkowitz )
  • Królówka ( Kralowka )
  • Mościska ( Moscisk )
  • Woszczyce ( Woschczytz )
  • Zawada
  • Zazdrość ( Zasdrose )
  • Zawiść ( Zawisc )
  • Zgoń ( Zgoin )

history

The place is located on the western edge of the sub-area of Upper Silesia , which until 1177/1178 belonged to Lesser Poland or to the Duchy of Krakow and then came to the Duchy of Ratibor , which was ruled by the Silesian Piasts . It was from this time that it belonged to the diocese of Krakow until 1821 .

The village of Orzesche has been traceable since 1252, at that time it was owned by the Cistercian monastery Groß Rauden (Rudy Raciborskie). Orzesche only became important in the 18th century. In 1719 a glassworks was built , which became one of the local businesses. When the Upper Silesian industrialist Franz Winckler (ennobled in 1840) acquired the manor in 1836 , he began building the Marien ironworks in 1838 , which processed the clay iron found here . The ironworks became part of the Tiele-Wincklerschen Montanwerke, which were incorporated into the newly founded family empire Kattowitzer Aktiengesellschaft für Bergbau und Eisenhüttenbetrieb in 1899 .

In addition to the mining of iron ore, hard coal was also mined. In 1856 the village received a railway connection with the line from Katowice to Ratibor .

Orzesche had belonged to the Upper Silesian district of Pless since 1818 and became Polish on June 28, 1922. After the attack on Poland in 1939, the place came under international law to the German Reich and has been in Poland since 1945. The Tiele-Winckler family was expropriated.

The rapidly growing industrial estate was elevated to an urban-type settlement in 1956 and received city ​​rights in 1962 .

Glass production is still in operation in Orzesze, while a glass bottle production company is located in the city.

Population development

The neo-Romanesque St. Mary's Church in Orzesze
year Residents
1783 142
1825 550
1905 2,820
1931 5,200
1961 8,840
1970 9,560
2003 18,600

politics

mayor

The mayor is at the head of the city administration . So far this has been Andrzej Szafraniec, but he did not run again in the regular election in October 2018. The result of the election was as follows:

  • Mirosław Blaski (Mirosław Blaski Election Committee) 68.6% of the vote
  • Mariusz Oleś (Mariusz Oleś Election Committee) 31.4% of the vote

Blaski was thus elected as the new mayor in the first ballot.

City council

The city council consists of 21 members and is elected by the population. The 2018 city council election led to the following result:

  • Election Committee Mirosław Blaski 42.4% of the vote, 11 seats
  • Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) 21.1% of the vote, 4 seats
  • Election Committee “Local Administration of Upper Silesia” 17.9% of the vote, 4 seats
  • Koalicja Obywatelska (KO) 13.8% of the vote, 2 seats
  • Election committee for effective voting 11.2% of the vote, 2 seats
  • Election Committee Mariusz Oleś 4.8% of the vote, no seat

Web links

Commons : Orzesze  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
  2. ^ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 22, 2020.