Tworóg Mały
| Tworóg Mały Quarghammer |
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Silesia | ||
| Powiat : | Gliwice (Gliwice) | ||
| Gmina : | Kieferstädtel | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 15 ' N , 18 ° 28' E | ||
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| Telephone code : | (+48) 032 | ||
| License plate : | SGL | ||
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| Next international airport : | Katowice-Pyrzowice | ||
Tworóg Mały (German: Quarghammer ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Kieferstädtel in the Powiat Gliwicki (district of Gliwice) in the Silesian Voivodeship .
geography
Tworóg Mały is located about seven kilometers southwest of the municipal seat of Kieferstädtel , 16 kilometers west of the district town Gliwice ( Gleiwitz ) and 40 kilometers west of the voivodeship capital Katowice ( Kattowitz ).
The Birawka flows through the village .
history
The place emerged as an industrial colony. In 1779 the Countess Hoym owned a Zainhammer in Quarghammer.
The place was mentioned in 1784 in the book Beytrage for the description of Silesia as a quarghammer in connection with old hammer.
As a hamlet, Quarghammer initially belonged to Althammer . Quarghammer remained with the German Empire after the division of Upper Silesia . On January 1, 1924, the rural community of Quarghammer was formed from parts of the rural community of Althammer. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz ..
In 1945 the formerly German town came under Polish administration and was then attached to the Silesian Voivodeship and renamed the Polish Tworóg Mały . 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.
Attractions
- Maria-Magdalenen-Kapelle, a path chapel from 1784 west of the village in the forest. Covered with a wooden roof.
- Wooden Nepomuk Chapel
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Fechner: History of Silesian Mining and Metallurgy in the Time of Frederick the Great , Berlin 1903
- ↑ Friedrich Albert Zimmermann: Additions to the Description of Silesia, Volume 3 , Brieg 1784
Old hammer (Trachy) | Bargłówka (Barglowka) | Lona-Lany (Łany Wielkie) | Kieferstädtel (Sośnicowice) | Koslow (Kozłów) | Rachowitz (Rachowice) | Schierakowitz (Sierakowice) | Smolnitz (Smolnica) | Tworóg Mały (Quarghammer)
Hamlet: Gajówka (Kuznitzka) | Kuźniczka (Upper Kuznitzka) | Nowa Wieś (Neudorf) | Podlesie (Waldvorwerk) | Sierakowiczki (Klein Schierakowitz) | Wesoła (mountain sheep farm) | Zamoście (Zamoscie)