Zirkowitz

The title of this article is ambiguous. Zirkowitz is also the German name of the district Církvice of the city of Ústí nad Labem .

Zirkowitz Żerkowice
	Zirkowitz Żerkowice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Opole
Powiat :	District-free city
District of:	Opole
Geographic location :	50 ° 39 ′  N , 17 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E
Residents :	320 (2007)
Postal code :	46-070
Telephone code :	(+48) 77
License plate :	OP (OPO)
Economy and Transport
Street :	Droga wojewódzka 435
Next international airport :	Wroclaw

Zirkowitz (Polish Żerkowice , Schlonsakisch Żyrkowicy ) is a district of the city of Opole . Until 2016, the Upper Silesian village was part of the Comprachtschütz municipality in the Powiat Opolski (Opole district).

geography

Geographical location

Zirkowitz is located three kilometers northeast of the former municipality Comprachtschütz and seven kilometers west of the district town and voivodeship capital Opole . The Droga wojewódzka 435 road and the Prószkowski Potok stream run through the village in a west-east direction .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Zirkowitz are in the southeast Chmiellowitz ( Chmielowice ) and in the northwest Muchenitz ( Mechnice ).

history

Old seal of the community of Zirkowitz

The place was first mentioned in documents around 1274.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 123 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 65 for Poland. Zirkowitz remained with the German Empire. In 1933 there were 387 inhabitants. On August 10, 1936, the place was renamed Erlental OS . In 1939 the place had 378 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Opole .

In 1945 the previously German town came to Poland , was renamed Żerkowice and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Opolski . On June 4, 2009, German was introduced as the second official language in the municipality of Comprachtschütz, which Zirkowitz belonged to, and on December 1, 2009, the place was also given the official German place name Zirkowitz . On January 1, 2017, Zirkowitz was incorporated into the city of Opole.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ data Zirkowitz (Polish)
2. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Opole (Polish: Opole). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
4. ↑ City of Opole: Nowe Opole ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Sejm: Ordinance of January 1, 2017