Wójtowice (Bystrzyca Kłodzka)

Wójtowice
	Wójtowice
	Wójtowice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Lower Silesia
Powiat :	Kłodzko
Gmina :	Bystrzyca Kłodzka
Geographic location :	50 ° 18 ' N , 16 ° 34' E Coordinates: 50 ° 18 '16 " N , 16 ° 33' 50" E
Height :	440-760 m npm
Residents :	180
Telephone code :	(+48) 74
License plate :	DKL
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Wroclaw
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Wójtowice (German: Voigtsdorf, also: Vogtsdorf ) is a village in the Polish powiat Kłodzki in Lower Silesia . It belongs to the rural municipality of Bystrzyca Kłodzka , from which it is located seven kilometers to the west.

geography

Wójtowice is located on the eastern slope of the Habelschwerdter Mountains , to which it stretches up along the Kressenbach . Neighboring towns are Huta ( Hüttenguth ) in the north, Zalesie ( Spätwalde ) in the northeast, Stara Bystrzyca ( Altweistritz ) in the east, Nowa Bystrzyca ( Neuweistritz ) in the south, Spalona ( Brand ) in the southwest and Młoty ( Hammer ) in the west. To the southeast rises the 598 m high Maderkuppe ( Łysoń ), to the southwest the 784 m high Schlösselkoppe ( Zamkowa Kopa ). A side street leads through the village, which ends at Lasówka in Voivodship Street 389 , which is also known as Sudeten Street .

history

Voigtsdorf was created on land by the Habelschwerdter Vogt and was first mentioned in 1358 as "Voytesdorf". In 1411 the spelling “Foitsdorf” was used. It was first parish off to Habelschwerdt and belonged to the County of Glatz , with which it shared the history of its political and ecclesiastical affiliation. Until 1763 it was owned by the Bohemian royal chamber and consisted of a dominial part and a free judge estate .

As in neighboring Habelschwerdt, the population turned to the Schwenckfelders and the Anabaptists during the Reformation and , after their ban in 1548, to Lutheranism . Presumably on the initiative of the preacher Caspar Elogius from Habelschwerdter , the residents built a small wooden church with a burial place, in which Caspar Elogius gave the opening sermon on Whitsun Tuesday 1566. After the imperial family conquered the county of Glatz in 1622, counter-reformation measures began, as a result of which the population was re-Catholicized . The wooden church, to whose patron saint St. Magdalena was chosen, was consecrated as a Catholic church in 1634.

Ruins of Fort Wilhelm in the Habelschwerdter Mountains, above Wójtowice

After the Peace of Hubertusburg , Voigtsdorf fell to Prussia in 1763, together with the County of Glatz . For 1789 a church, a Freirichtergut, a school house, a water, flour and board mill , 15 farms and 52 gardeners and cottagers are recorded . Among the 315 inhabitants at that time were a baker, two brandy distillers , a blacksmith, a tailor, a shoemaker and a shopkeeper.

In 1790 a fort was built north of the village to defend the country against Bohemia, which Friedrich Wilhelm II visited after its completion and was then referred to as Fort Wilhelm . In 1882, several residents died from a flood that destroyed large parts of Voigtsdorf. In the 19th century a factory was established that supplied wood pulp for paper production.

As a result of the Second World War , Voigtsdorf fell to Poland and was renamed Wójtowice . The German population was expelled. Most of the newly settled residents were displaced from eastern Poland . In the post-war years, numerous houses and farms were left to decay. As a result, the population decreased significantly. 1975-1998 Wójtowice belonged to the Wałbrzych Voivodeship (German Waldenburg ).

The Freirichtergut

A portion of Voigtsdorf belonged to the Freirichtergut , which also included a Kretscham and some gardeners and cottagers as well as the lower jurisdiction over the subjects. In 1540 it was owned by Hans Matzke, who sold it to Barthel Dittert in 1548. From 1571 it belonged to Thomas Scholz, in whose family it remained until 1652. For 1670 Martin Prause is proven as hereditary judge and free judge, followed in 1702 by his son Michael. In 1777 it was owned by Josef Prokof, and in 1805, Floren Joseph Dinter bought it for 3,300 . Since the transition to Prussia, it was subordinate to the royal rent office in Glatz .

Attractions

Maria Magdalena Church

The Catholic parish church of St. Maria Magdalena ( Kościół Św. Marii Magdaleny ) was built from 1823–1824 on the site of the earlier wooden church according to plans by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel with funds from the Prussian royal family. The building in the classicism style also served as a place of worship for the crew of Fort Wilhelm. The painting of the high altar shows the church patroness Maria Magdalena . The interior decoration was made from 1832 to 1873.
Baroque stone crosses stand in front of the rectory .
The ruins of the Maria-Hilf chapel from 1869 are located west of the village in the forest.
At the end of the village is the large, now dilapidated building of the former freelance workshop .

economy

One of the sources of income of the place, which has good hiking and winter sports conditions, is tourism. Wójtowice has around 150 beds in rest homes.

literature

Joseph Kögler : Historical description of the village Voigstdorf in the county of Glatz in the Habelschwerdter district. In: Joseph Kögler: The Chronicles of the County of Glatz. Volume 4: The chronicles of the villages, parishes and lordships of the Habelschwerdt district (= historical sources of the County of Glatz. Series A: Local history. N. F., Volume 4). Revised by Dieter Pohl . Pohl, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-927830-18-6 , pp. 207-212.
Peter Güttler: The Glatzer Land. A travel guide to the landscape, art and culture of the Glatzer Bergland. Ziemia Kłodzka in Silesia. With the cooperation of Johannes Güttler and Johannes Tondera as well as other friends of the County of Glatz. Aktion West-Ost e. V., Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-928508-03-2 , pp. 94-95, p. 112.
Arno Herzig , Małgorzata Ruchniewicz : History of the Glatzer Land. Translated from Polish by Thorsten Möllenbeck. DOBU-Verlag, Hamburg; ATUT Publishing House, Wrocław 2006, ISBN 3-934632-12-2 .
Sławomir Brzezick: Silesia (= Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , p. 1032.

Web links

Commons : Wójtowice - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Historical views
Historical and current views as well as geographical location
Dieter and Susanna Holz / Team-Delta: Fort Wilhelm ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: team-delta.info. 2007, accessed December 18, 2017 (with photos)

Individual evidence

↑ Marek Šebela, Jiři Fišer: České Názvy hraničních Vrchů, Sídel a vodních toků v Kladsku. In: Kladský sborník . 5, 2003, ISSN 1212-1223 , p. 377.
↑ Friedrich-Albert Zimmermann: Additions to the description of Silesia. Volume 9: From the County of Glaz. Johann Ernst Tramp, Berlin 1789, OCLC 614782699 .
↑ Dieter and Susanna Holz / Team Delta: Fort Wilhelm ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: team-delta.info. 2007, accessed on December 18, 2017 (also on the church; with photos).
↑ Dieter and Susanna Holz / Team Delta: The Chapel ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: team-delta.info. 2007, Retrieved December 18, 2017 (with photos).

[1] Marek Šebela, Jiři Fišer: České Názvy hraničních Vrchů, Sídel a vodních toků v Kladsku. In: Kladský sborník . 5, 2003, ISSN 1212-1223 , p. 377.

[2] Friedrich-Albert Zimmermann: Additions to the description of Silesia. Volume 9: From the County of Glaz. Johann Ernst Tramp, Berlin 1789, OCLC 614782699 .

[3] Dieter and Susanna Holz / Team Delta: Fort Wilhelm ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: team-delta.info. 2007, accessed on December 18, 2017 (also on the church; with photos).

[4] Dieter and Susanna Holz / Team Delta: The Chapel ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: team-delta.info. 2007, Retrieved December 18, 2017 (with photos).