Połomia (Tworóg)

Połomia ; Pohlom
	Połomia ; Pohlom
	Połomia ; Pohlom
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)
Gmina :	Tworóg (Tworog)
Geographic location :	50 ° 29 ' N , 18 ° 43' E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '2 " N , 18 ° 42' 47" E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	STA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice
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The wayside chapel

Połomia (German: Pohlom ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Tworóg (Tworog) in the Powiat Tarnogórski (Tarnowitz district) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

Połomia is six kilometers south of the township seat Tworóg , twelve kilometers west of the district town Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) and 34 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice (Kattowitz).

history

The place originated in the 13th century. Around 1295 the place was mentioned in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (Tithe Register of the Diocese of Wroclaw) as "Polom", and it was described as Villa theutonicalis (German village).

In 1818 the place was mentioned as Pohlain (it could possibly be a transcription error ). In 1865 Pohlom consisted of a manor and a village. The manor consisted of the Vorwerke Ober-Pohlom and Nieder-Pohlom. The village had five farmers, 18 gardeners, four half-gardeners and 23 cottagers. The school was also in Tworog.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 29 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 242 for Poland. Pohlom remained with the German Empire . In 1936 the place was renamed Ostwalde . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

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

Attractions

Path chapel with bell tower

coat of arms

The coat of arms or seal shows a bent oak.

Web links

Commons : Połomia (powiat tarnogórski) - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the County of Glatz, Volume 2
↑ Cf. Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the County of Glatz, Volume 2

[Triest-2] Cf. Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865

[3] Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )