Roschowitzdorf

Roschowitzdorf Roszowice
	Roschowitzdorf Roszowice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Gmina :	Czissek
Area :	6.26  km²
Geographic location :	50 ° 14 '  N , 18 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '10 "  N , 18 ° 12' 20"  E
Residents :	252 ()
Postal code :	47-253
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OK
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

Roschowitzdorf , Polish Roszowice , is a place in Upper Silesia in the municipality Czissek (Cisek) in the powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski in the Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Roschowitzdorf is six kilometers south of the municipal seat of Czissek , 13 kilometers south of the district town of Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel) and 52 kilometers south of the voivodeship capital Opole .

history

Place-name sign

War memorial in Roschowitzdorf

The place was first mentioned in 1531 as "Rossowitze" .

In the referendum on March 20, 1921, 102 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 187 for Poland. Roschowitzdorf remained with the entire constituency of Cosel in the German Empire. In 1936 the place was renamed Graefenstein . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Cosel .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration, was renamed Roszowice and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 Roschowitzdorf became part of the Opole Voivodeship and in 1999 the re-established Powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski . On October 11, 2007 the place was given the official German place name Roschowitzdorf , in September 2008 bilingual place name signs were put up.

societies

• German Friendship Circle

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} cf. cisek.pl ab. on Oct 18, 2009
2. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )