Gajów
Gajów ( German rich forest ) is a village in the Polish powiat Kłodzki in Lower Silesia. It belongs to the urban and rural community Radków ( Wuenschelburg ).
Geography
Gajów part by its geographical position on the Glatzer boiler. It is located near the border with the Czech Republic on the road from Radków after Tłumaczów eight kilometers south-west of Nowa Ruda. North of the 556 m high mountain rises Gardzień ( Hupprich ). Neighboring towns are Tłumaczów in the north, Ścinawka Gorna the northeast, Ratno Dolne the southwest, Ratno Górne and Radkow in the south. Across the border lie to the west the Czech villages Božanov, Martínkovice and Otovice u Broumova.
History
The rich Forster reason belonged to the district Wuenschelburg in the County of Glatz, with which it shared the story of his political and religious affiliation from the beginning. It was originally owned by the sovereign chamber that made clear the forests partially. 1577 sold Emperor Rudolf II rich forest of the city Wuenschelburg, who built a Vorwerk, which served as a knight's seat. It was since 1599 in the possession of Albrecht von Reibnitz. Later owners were 1604 Tobias Pannwitz 1607 Sigmund of Walditz, 1616 Hans Heinrich von Ratschin, 1628 Heinrich von Langenau, 1637 by Ernst Christian Pannwitz and 1650 Matthew Jacob of chapels. His widow Elizabeth Sidonie von Hacke sold rich forest in 1694 at the Imperial Count Johann Ernst of idols ( 1667-1707 ), who combined it with his Tunschendorfer Good.
After the Silesian Wars rich forest came together with the county of Glatz in 1763 with the Peace of Hubertusburg to Prussia. After the reorganization of Prussia belonged since 1815 to the province of Silesia. For 1805 a grand Vorwerk, a Kretscham and 12 gardeners and two smallholdings are detected. With the county division of the county of Glatz and 1854-1932, the district neurodegeneration were responsible 1816-1853. After its dissolution in 1933 rich forest belonged until 1945 to turn county Glatz.
As a result of World War II was rich forest in 1945 to Poland and was renamed Gajów. The German population was expelled in 1946. The newly settled inhabitants were partly displaced persons from eastern Poland. 1975-1998 belonged to Gajów Voivodeship Wałbrzych.