Wilkau (Zülz)

Wilkau ; Wilków
	Wilkau ; Wilków
	Wilkau ; Wilków
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	Prudnik
Gmina :	Zülz
Area :	5.11 km²
Geographic location :	50 ° 23 ' N , 17 ° 46' E Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '43 " N , 17 ° 45' 56" E
Height :	195-220 m npm
Residents :	171 (December 31, 2018)
Postal code :	48-210
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OPR
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice
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Wilkau (Polish Wilków , 1936-1945 Willenau ) is a village in the municipality of Zülz ( Biała ) in the Powiat Prudnicki (Neustadt OS district) in the Polish Opole Voivodeship .

geography

Geographical location

The Angerdorf Wilkau is located in the south of the historical region of Upper Silesia . The place is located about eight kilometers east of the Zülz municipality , about 15 kilometers northeast of the district town Prudnik and about 35 kilometers southwest of the voivodeship capital Opole .

Wilkau lies in the Nizina Śląska (Silesian Plain) within the Płaskowyż Głubczycki (Leobschützer Loesshügelland) . The Młynska ( Mühlgraben ), a right tributary of the Zülzer Wasser (Polish: Biała ), flows north of the village .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Wilkau are Rosenberg ( Rostkowice ) in the west, Simsdorf ( Gostomia ) in the north-west, Neudorf ( Nowa Wieś Prudnicka ) in the north, Müllmen ( Mionów ) in the east, German Müllmen ( Wierzch ) in the south and Probnitz ( Browiniec Polski ) in the south-west .

history

chapel

Fallen memorial

The place was first mentioned in the 16th century, in 1531 as "Wilkow", 1534 as "Wilkauw" and 1571 as "Wilkuow".

After the First Silesian War in 1742 Rosenberg came with most of Silesia to Prussia . At the end of the 18th century the place had 159 inhabitants.

After the reorganization of the province of Silesia , the rural community of Wilkau belonged to the district of Neustadt OS in the administrative district of Opole from 1816 . In 1845 there was a forge and 30 other houses in the village. In the same year, 299 people lived in Wilkau, all of them Catholic. In 1855 309 people lived in Wilkau. In 1858 a Catholic school was established in the village. In 1865 there were 19 farm and eleven gardener positions in the village . The Catholic school was attended by 65 students in the same year. The residents were parish to Deutsch-Müllmen. In 1874 the administrative district Simsdorf was founded, which consisted of the rural communities Deutsch Müllmen, Polish Müllmen and Wilkau. In 1885 Wilkau had 327 inhabitants. At the end of the 19th century the place had 53 houses and 327 inhabitants.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 154 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 62 for Poland. Wilkau remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 332 inhabitants. On June 15, 1936, the place was renamed Willenau . In 1939 Willenau had 304 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Neustadt OS

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Wilków and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship and since 1999 it has belonged to the powiat Prudnicki . On March 6, 2006 , German was introduced as the second official language in the community of Zülz , which Wilkau belongs to. On November 24, 2008, the place was also given the official German place name Wilkau .

Sights and monuments

Memorial to the fallen of both world wars
chapel
crossroads
Wayside shrine with a portrait of Saint Anne

Web links

Commons : Wilkau (Zülz) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Graport o stanie Gminy Biała za 2018 rok , accessed on June 2, 2020
↑ ^a ^b ^c History of Wilkau (Polish)
↑ ^a ^b Felix Triest : Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865, p. 1094
^ Johann Georg Knie : Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, spots, cities and other places of the royal family. Preuss. Province of Silesia. Breslau 1845, p. 556.
^ Territorial district of Deutsch-Müllmen
↑ AGoFF district Neustadt OS
↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. neustadt_os.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[1] Graport o stanie Gminy Biała za 2018 rok , accessed on June 2, 2020

[Gemeinde-2] History of Wilkau (Polish)

[Triest-3] Felix Triest : Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865, p. 1094

[Knie-4] Johann Georg Knie : Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, spots, cities and other places of the royal family. Preuss. Province of Silesia. Breslau 1845, p. 556.

[5] Territorial district of Deutsch-Müllmen

[6] AGoFF district Neustadt OS

[7] See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

[Vwg-8] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. neustadt_os.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).