Proboszczowice (Toszek)

Proboszczowice
	Proboszczowice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Gliwicki
Gmina :	Toszek
Geographic location :	50 ° 26 '  N , 18 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '3 "  N , 18 ° 24' 44"  E
Residents :	201 (2008)
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	SGL
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

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

geography

Geographical location

Proboszczowice located eight kilometers west of the parish seat Toszek , 25 kilometers northwest of the county town of Gliwice (Gleiwitz) and 47 kilometers northwest of the voivodship Katowice .

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Proboszczowice are in the north Kotulin (Groß Kottulin) and in the south Chechło (Chechlau) and Widów (Widow) .

history

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 52 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 176 for Poland. Proboschowitz remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 351 inhabitants. On February 12, 1936, the place was renamed Probstfelde . In 1939 the place had 400 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 Proboszczowice 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. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )