Pisarzowice (Toszek)

Pisarzowice
	Pisarzowice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Gliwicki
Gmina :	Toszek
Geographic location :	50 ° 26 '  N , 18 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '27 "  N , 18 ° 32' 20"  E
Residents :	399 (2008)
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	SGL
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

Pisarzowice ( German Pissarzowitz ) is a village in Upper Silesia in the municipality Toszek (Tost) in the powiat Gliwicki of the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland .

geography

Geographical location

Pisarzowice is three kilometers southeast of the parish seat Toszek , 20 kilometers northwest of the county town of Gliwice (Gleiwitz) and 39 kilometers northwest of the voivodship Katowice .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Pisarzowice are Toszek (Tost) in the northwest and Ciochowice (Ciochowitz) in the southwest .

history

In 1818 the place was mentioned as Pißarowitz and Schreibendorf.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 105 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 189 for Poland. Pissarzowitz remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 538 inhabitants. In 1931 the place was renamed to Schreibersort . In 1939 the place had 505 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Pisarzowice and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Katowice Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Gliwicki and the new Silesian Voivodeship .

Footnotes

1. ↑ Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the county of Glatz, Volume 2: [1]
2. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )