Rolling (Upper Silesia)
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Krapkowicki (Krappitz) | ||
| Gmina : | Rollers | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 22 ′ N , 18 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 176 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 2100 | ||
| Postal code : | 47-344 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OKR | ||
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| Next international airport : | Katowice | ||
Walzen , in Polish Walce , is a village in the powiat Krapkowicki ( Krappitz district ) in the Polish Voivodeship of Opole (Oppeln) . Walzen, with around 2100 inhabitants, is the capital of the rural municipality of the same name with around 6000 inhabitants, which has been bilingual (Polish and German) since 2006.
geography
Walzen is located around eleven kilometers southeast of the district town of Krapkowice (Krappitz) and 33 kilometers southeast of the voivodeship capital Opole (Oppeln) on the Straduna Bach (Stradunia), a tributary of the Oder , in the historical region of Upper Silesia .
history
Stone Age finds in Walce and the municipality indicate that this area was settled around 6000–4500 BC. Close to BC, especially since it was conveniently located: In the catchment area of the Oder and on the Bernsteinstrasse .
In the Middle Ages, numerous new towns and villages were built in Silesia as part of the settlement activity of the new monasteries. Walzen is a foundation of the Cistercian monastery Leubus and was first mentioned in 1228 as Walchi . However, as early as 1260, Duke Wladislaus I of Opole confirmed the Norbertine convent in Czarnowanz as the new owner of the young village. In 1290 Valetz is listed in the tithe directory of the diocese of Breslau and in 1330 Paulus von Walicz is the first pastor and thus the existence of an independent parish of Walzen (= Walicz ) is proven.
In the 14th century, the Silesian duchies and with them Walzen broke away from Poland and submitted to the Bohemian king. Coming from Bohemia, the Hussite Wars also brought heavy damage to rollers. Later, the Thirty Years War and introduced epidemics decimated the population.
Like most of Silesia, Walzen fell to the Habsburgs in 1526 and to Prussia in 1742 . Walzen, which was later assigned to the district of Neustadt OS , was passed on to secular owners from the Czarnowanzer Norbertine women in the 16th century. The noble von Schweinichen family built a castle in their possession Walzen in 1675, which was bought by the Walliczek family in 1815 and passed to the von Seher-Thoss family in 1847 . Due to their indebtedness, the Walzen estate was nationalized in 1929 and the land was divided. This offered the village new opportunities for development: an agricultural school for girls was set up in the castle and new farms and residential buildings were built. A volunteer fire brigade was founded in Walzen as early as 1908 .
In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, which was accompanied by conditions similar to civil war in the area , 861 votes (88.8%) were cast in favor of remaining with Germany and 112 for annexation to Poland. Walzen, like the entire Neustadt district, remained with the German Empire.
After the end of the Second World War , the place fell to Poland in 1945, the German population was largely expelled, and Walzen was renamed Walce . Towards the end of the war, an ammunition depot was built in the castle, the explosion of which in July 1945 destroyed the castle. Today only ul. Zamkowa (Castle Street) reminds of the castle.
The municipality of Walzen was founded on January 1st, 1973 and has been officially bilingual (Polish and German) since 2006. In the municipality of Walzen, as in the rest of the Opole region, a large part of the population is of German descent, as only some of the German residents were expelled after the Second World War. According to the last Polish census in 2002, 32.41% of the community population of Walzen belong to the German minority , another 15.53% describe themselves as " Silesians ".
On June 3, 2009, additional official German place names were introduced in the community.
Population development
The population of Walzen according to the respective territorial status (later figures refer to the entire rural municipality):
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Attractions
- The neo-Gothic brick building of the Catholic parish church of St. Valentin (kościół św. Walentego) was built in 1894 under the pastor Rudolf Banner, whose grave can still be found in the local cemetery today. St. Valentin was built as a three-aisled hall church with five bays and an attached choir and provided with a bell tower attached to the side with a pointed spire. The neo-Gothic furnishings, consisting of three altars, the pulpit with sound cover, a baptismal font, pillar figures, the stations of the cross, the organ and stained glass windows are interesting. A bronze bell from 1586 and a late Baroque Easter candlestick , which were taken over from the previous building, bear witness to the much older history of the parish of Walzen .
- Near the church is a war memorial with the names of those who died in the First World War from the Walzen community.
- The Rococo style Nepomuk statue dates from the 18th century.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The state road DK 45 runs four kilometers to the east and leads south to the Czech Republic.
Public facilities
As the main town of the municipality, there is a village community center (Gminny Ośrodek Kultury) and a community library in Walzen . The German Friendship Circle (DFK) is active as an organization of the German minority and has also founded a choir.
education
Walzen has a state middle school (gimnazjum) and right next to it the Joseph von Eichendorff elementary school, which teaches German as a minority language. There are also two kindergartens in the village.
local community
The rural community of Walzen is divided into nine villages with a Schulzenamt.
Personalities
- Dietrich Taube (* 1932), German actor, theater director and director
Web links
- Web presence of the municipality of Walzen (Polish)
- Information about the community (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d cf. http://www.walce.pl/
- ↑ a b c d cf. http://www.e-promocja.net/index2.php?gmina=5&lang=DE ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ See results of the referendum ; down. on October 17, 2009
- ↑ Cf. THE FIGURES OF THE PEOPLE Census 2002 ( Memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
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Sources of population figures :
- 1933, 1939: Archived copy ( memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - 1910: [1] - 1925: [2] - 1995, 2000, 2005: [3] ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info : The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ See walce.pl ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. down. on Oct. 17, 2009
