Wielkie Łąki

Wielkie Łąki ; Hillersdorf
	Wielkie Łąki ; Hillersdorf
	Wielkie Łąki ; Hillersdorf
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Nysa
Gmina :	Korfantów
Geographic location :	50 ° 30 ' N , 17 ° 34' E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '43 " N , 17 ° 34' 22" E
Height :	200 m npm
Residents :	113 (March 31, 2011)
Postal code :	48-317
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	ONY
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Wroclaw
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Wielkie Łąki [ ˌvʲelkʲɛ ˈwɔŋkʲi ] ( German Hillersdorf , 1945–1953 Niewola ) is a place of Gmina Korfantów in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland .

geography

Geographical location

The street village of Wielkie Łąki is located in the southwestern part of Upper Silesia in the Friedländer Land. The village of Wielkie Łąki is located about two kilometers northwest of the municipal seat of Korfantów , about 21 kilometers east of the district town of Nysa and about 41 kilometers southwest of the voivodeship capital Opole .

Wielkie Łąki is located in the Nizina Śląska ( Silesian Plain ) within the Równina Niemodlińska ( Falkenberg Plain ).

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Wielkie Łąki are in the northwest Niesiebędowice ( Nüßdorf ), in the southeast the municipality seat Korfantów ( Friedland in Upper Silesia ), in the southwest Kuropa ( Korpitz ) and in the west Myszowice ( Mauschwitz ).

history

Entrance with place name sign

Wayside cross

The village was founded in the middle of the 19th century by Protestant settlers from Austria . The first wooden houses were completed in 1843. In 1864 a school was set up in the village. In 1865 there were 25 gardener positions in the village. In 1874 the district of Schloss Friedland was founded, which consisted of the places Ellguth-Friedland, Floste, Hammer, Hillersdorf, Julienthal, Nüßdorf, Ranisch and Woistrasch and the manor districts of Ellguth-Friedland, Floste, Friedland, Schloß and Nüßdorf. In 1885 Hillersdorf had 206 inhabitants.

Around 1930 Hillersdorf came to the newly founded district of Ranisch . In 1933 Hillersdorf had 204 inhabitants, in 1939 around 190. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Falkenberg OS

As a result of the Second World War, Hillersdorf fell under Polish administration in 1945, like most of Silesia . Subsequently, the place was renamed Niewola and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1946 the German population was expelled. In 1950 it was incorporated into the Opole Voivodeship. In 1953 the place name was changed to Wielkie Łąki . In 1999 the place came to the newly founded Powiat Nyski ( Neisse district ). In 2005 the village had 116 inhabitants.