Ziemięcice

Ziemięcice Ziemientzitz
	Ziemięcice Ziemientzitz
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz)
Gmina :	Zbrosławice (Broslawitz)
Geographic location :	50 ° 22 '  N , 18 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '11 "  N , 18 ° 42' 22"  E
Residents :
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	STA
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

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View of Ziemięcice

The Hedwig Church

Ruins of the old Hedwig Church

The old storage building

Ziemięcice (German: Ziemientzitz ) is a village in Upper Silesia . It is located in the municipality of Zbrosławice (Broslawitz) in the powiat Tarnogórski (Tarnowitz district) in the Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

Ziemięcice is located seven kilometers southwest of the municipality Zbrosławice , 15 kilometers southwest of the district town of Tarnowskie Góry ( Tarnowitz ) and 24 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice ( Kattowitz ).

The A1 motorway is nearby .

history

The place was created in the 13th century at the latest and was mentioned in a document as "Semenczicz" in 1295–1305 in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis ( Tithe Register of the Diocese of Wroclaw ). A church in the village was mentioned in 1447.

The place was mentioned in 1783 in the book Beytrage for the description of Silesia as Zimminzi (t) z , belonged to a Mr. General von Werner and was located in the district of Tost and had 154 inhabitants, a farm, a Catholic school, 15 farmers, 15 gardeners and some cottagers . In 1818 the place was mentioned as Zimminzitz . In 1865 Ziemientzütz consisted of a dominium and a church village. In 1801 the estate was acquired by the Count von Strachwitz. A manorial Vorwerk in the village with a castle and the outer Vorwerk bread chamber belonged to the Dominium. The community with the church village had five farmers, 28 gardeners, eight half-gardeners, seven cottagers, six stately chamber houses, a Catholic parish, a Catholic school, a Kretscham (restaurant), a blacksmith's shop, a water mill and a stately Arrende (leased Property).

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 132 eligible voters voted to remain in Germany and 296 to belong to Poland. Ziemientzitz remained with the German Empire . On January 9, 1935, the place was renamed Ackerfelde OS in the course of a wave of renaming of the Nazi era . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the formerly German town came under Polish administration and was then attached to the Silesian Voivodeship and renamed Ziemięcice on November 12, 1946 . 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

• The Catholic Hedwig Church, built according to the plans of the architect Theodor Ehl from May 1926 in a modern style and consecrated on June 6, 1927 by Adolf Bertram.
• Ruins of the old Hedwig Church, unused after the roof collapsed in 1904 after an extension.
• The old manor houses with a Dominialspeicher from the 18th century
• Wayside crosses
• Reservoir

coat of arms

The coat of arms or seal shows a farmer with a hat. The coat of arms indicates the agricultural character of the place. The latest version shows the farmer in silver on a blue background.

Web links

Commons : Ziemięcice  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Parish website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Ernst Tramp: Additions to the Description of Silesia, Volume 2 , Brieg 1783
2. ^ Geographical-statistical handbook on Silesia and the county of Glatz, Volume 2 , 1818
3. ↑ Felix Triest: Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien , Breslau 1865
4. ^ Results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921: Literature , table in digital form ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ History of the parish
6. ↑ Article about the church ruins ( Memento from August 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
7. ^ Zbrosławice municipality