Wilkowiczki (Toszek)

Wilkowiczki
	Wilkowiczki
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Gliwicki
Gmina :	Toszek
Geographic location :	50 ° 27 '  N , 18 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '58 "  N , 18 ° 34' 9"  E
Residents :	239 (2008)
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	SGL
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

Wilkowiczki ( German Klein Wilkowitz ) is a village in Upper Silesia in the municipality Toszek (Tost) in the powiat Gliwicki of the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland .

geography

Geographical location

Wilkowiczki is four kilometers east of the township seat Toszek , 19 kilometers northwest of the district town Gliwice (Gleiwitz) and 38 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Wilkowiczki are Toszek (Tost) in the west, Kotliszowice (Kottlischowitz) in the north and Zacharzowice (Sacharsowitz) in the east .

Districts

• read
• Łączki

history

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 86 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 76 for Poland. Klein Wilkowitz remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 372 inhabitants. On February 12, 1936, the place was renamed Wölfingen . In 1939 the place had 361 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Wilkowiczki and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Katowice Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Gliwicki and the new Silesian Voivodeship.

Footnotes

1. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )