Szałsza

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Szałsza
Schalscha
Coat of arms of Schalscha
Szałsza Schalscha (Poland)
Szałsza Schalscha
Szałsza
Schalscha
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Silesia
Powiat : Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)
Gmina : Zbrosławice (Broslawitz)
Geographic location : 50 ° 20 '  N , 18 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '14 "  N , 18 ° 42' 51"  E
Residents :
Telephone code : (+48) 032
License plate : STA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport : Katowice



The lock
The church

Szałsza (German: Schalscha ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Zbrosławice (Broslawitz) in the powiat Tarnogórski (Tarnowitz district) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

Szałsza is ten kilometers south of the municipal seat Zbrosławice , 17 kilometers southwest of the district town Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) and 23 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice (Kattowitz).

The place is north of the city of Gliwice (Gleiwitz).

The hamlet of Kuźnica (Kuznitza) also belongs to Szałsza .

history

The place was created in the 13th century at the latest. A church in the village was mentioned in a document around 1290. In 1438 a Nicolaus de Schalsch was mentioned. In 1472 the knight Jan Solsche was mentioned .

The place was mentioned in 1783 in the book Beytrage describing Silesia as Schaalscha and belonged to a woman from Winter and had two manorial outbuildings, a Catholic church, a Zainhammer, six farmers, eight gardeners, five cottagers and 150 residents. In 1818 the place was mentioned as Schaalscha . In 1865, Schalscha consisted of a manor and a church village. The manor belonged to Victor von Gröling. The farms Schalscha, Althof and Neuhof belonged to the manor. The village had four farming jobs, two gardening jobs, five cottages, 20 residents and a massive Catholic school built in 1856. The church was a branch church of Petersdorf . In 1877 Nicolaus von Gröling built the neo-Gothic castle.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 78 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 136 for Poland. Schalscha stayed with the German Empire . In 1936 the place was renamed Kressengrund . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Szałsza 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

  • Catholic scrap wood church
  • Neo-Gothic castle with park

coat of arms

The coat of arms or seal shows a horse at a feeding trough. The coat of arms indicates the agricultural character of the place.

Web links

Commons : Szałsza  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article of the community
  2. ^ Johann Ernst Tramp: Additions to the Description of Silesia, Volume 2 , Brieg 1783
  3. ^ Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the county of Glatz, Volume 2 , 1818
  4. ↑ Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
  5. ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )