Wilkanów

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Wilkanów (Poland)
Wilkanów
Wilkanów
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lower Silesia
Powiat : Kłodzko
Gmina : Bystrzyca Kłodzka
Geographic location : 50 ° 15 ′  N , 16 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  E
Residents : 1500
Postal code : 57-513
Telephone code : (+48) 74
License plate : DKL
Economy and Transport
Next international airport : Wroclaw



Wilkanów (German Wölfelsdorf ) is a village in the municipality of Bystrzyca Kłodzka ( Habelschwerdt ) in the powiat Kłodzki in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. It is located six kilometers southeast of Bystrzyca Kłodzka and extends nine kilometers along the Wölfelbach ( Wilczka ).

history

The stately farming village was first mentioned in 1341 as "Wolfilsdorf". It belonged to the Habelschwerdt district in the Glatzer Land , with which it shared the history of its political and ecclesiastical affiliation.

The rule of Wölfelsdorf originally belonged to the Lords of Glubos ( Glaubitz ) on Mittelwalde , from around 1430–1531 to the Lords of Tschischwitz ( Zischwitz ), around 1552 to Georg Primster von Kammerstein and around 1560 to the von Gellhorn family. In 1597 it came to Michael von Tschirnhaus , after his death in 1607 to his sons Friedrich, Hans and David Heinrich, who were elevated to the status of barons . At the same time, the Wölfelsdorf fiefdom was inherited . As a supporter of the winter king Friedrich of the Palatinate , David Heinrich von Tschirnhaus was appointed by him on May 12, 1620 as governor of Glatzer . After the imperial regained Glatz in 1622, David Heinrich was removed from office. Because of his participation in the Bohemian uprising of 1618, his possessions were confiscated by Emperor Ferdinand II . 1653 came Wölfelsdorf to the imperial counts of Althann . The Governor of Glatz, Michael Wenzel von Althann (1630–1686), built the four-storey castle in 1681–1686, which - together with the associated property - belonged to the von Althann family until the expropriation in 1945.

Together with the County of Glatz, Wölfelsdorf fell to Prussia after the First Silesian War in 1742 and finally after the Peace of Hubertusburg in 1763 . In 1807 the estate was abolished. After the reorganization of Prussia, it belonged to the province of Silesia from 1815 and was incorporated into the district of Habelschwerdt from 1818 to 1945 . In 1874 the district of Wölfelsdorf was formed from the rural communities of Urnitz, Weisbrodt, Wölfelsdorf and Wölfelsgrund and the manor districts of Urnitz, Weisbrodt and Wölfelsdorf.

As a result of the Second World War , Wölfelsdorf and most of Silesia fell to Poland in 1945 and was renamed Wilkanów . The German population was expelled . Some of the new residents were displaced from eastern Poland . 1975-1998 Wilkanów belonged to the Wałbrzych Voivodeship ( Waldenburg ).

Attractions

Wilkanów (Wölfelsdorf): Parish Church of St. George
  • The parish church of St. George ( Kościół Św. Jerzego ) was first mentioned in 1384. In 1516 the current building was erected in place of the original wooden church and rebuilt by J. Carove from 1697–1701 on behalf of the Althann family. The church has rich baroque furnishings by Michael Klahr the Elder. Ä. :
    • The main altar with the tabernacle structure and crucifix is ​​crowned by the figure of the Lamb of God and the statues of Adam and Eve and St. Gregory and Melchizedech.
    • The pulpit is adorned by the four evangelists , in between are flat reliefs of the teaching Christ and on the canopy, apostles surround a large globe on which the blessing Christ stands. In a halo, surrounded by angels, God the Father.
    • The side altars are dedicated to Our Lady and St. Consecrated to Joseph. The altarpieces were created by F. Bartsch in 1745–1755.
    • The late Gothic triptych with a Gothic Madonna statue on the side altar was originally in the church of Urnitz
  • The two-story rectory with a representative staircase was built in 1773.
  • The baroque Wölfelsdorf Castle to the west of the church was built from 1661–1686 as a summer residence by the Counts of Althann, based on plans by the architect J. Carove. It was decorated with rich stonecutter decorations and sgraffito . After the Second World War it was left to decay. The former ornamental garden and the large French park north of the castle are neglected. Parts of a stone basin and remains of sculptures are still preserved.
  • The pilgrimage church Maria Schnee auf dem Spitzigen Berge ( Góra Igliczna ), which belongs to the parish of Wölfelsdorf, can be reached from Międzygórze in about an hour.

Personalities

  • Franz Dittert (1857–1937), pastor of Mittelwalde as well as grand dean and vicar of the County of Glatz

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://territorial.de/ndschles/habelsch/woelfels.htm District Wölfelsdorf