Wojska (Tworóg)

Wojska Woiska
	Wojska Woiska
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)
Gmina :	Tworóg (Tworog)
Geographic location :	50 ° 29 '  N , 18 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '7 "  N , 18 ° 39' 54"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	STA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

The church

Wojska (German: Woiska ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Tworóg (Tworog) in the Powiat Tarnogórski (Tarnowitz district) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

Wojska is located seven kilometers southwest of the municipality Tworóg , 16 kilometers west of the district town Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) and 36 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice (Katowice).

history

The place originated in the 13th century and was first mentioned in a document in 1283. Around 1295 it was mentioned in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (Tithe Register of the Diocese of Breslau) as "Woyska".

In 1818 the place was mentioned as Woisko . 1865 was the place in the police districts Woisko I. and II. Share and Woisko III. Split. Woisko I and II consisted of a manor and a village. The manor belonged to a Mr. Häusler. The village had 14 gardeners and 19 cottagers. Furthermore, the village was parish in Wischnitz and schooled in Langendorf . Woisko III consisted of a manor and a village. The manor belonged to Messrs Proske and Roß. The village had a farm, 14 gardening jobs, a cottage industry and six stately family houses. The village was also enrolled in Langendorf.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 76 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 199 for Poland. Woiska stayed with the German Empire . In 1936 the place was renamed Hubertusgrund . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

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

Attractions

• Modern Catholic Church from the 1930s

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a scythe between eight ears of grain. The coat of arms indicates the agricultural character of the place.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the county of Glatz, Volume 2: [1]
2. ↑ Cf. Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
3. ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )