Gierałtowice, Silesian Voivodeship
Gierałtowice [ giɛrawtɔ'v itsɛ ʲ ] ( German greed Alto joke ) is an Upper Silesian town in Silesia in Poland. Gierałtowice is the seat of Gmina Gierałtowice.
Geographical Location
Gierałtowice is located about 8 km south-east of Gliwice ( Gleiwitz ) and is adjacent to the western neighbor city Knurów. The community lies on the edge of the Upper Silesian industrial area Coseler boiler between the Klodnitz and Birawka.
History
The village greed Alto joke originated in the late 13th century in a far-reaching forest area. This greed Alto joke was probably founded by the colonization of the East, to which his initial documentary mention on June 22, 1290 or the place name indicates. Because the village originally took the name of a German colonists named Gerhard. At the same time informed of this and a later document of 1294 over a certain Vitoslaw, the former mayor. As the Polish population of the village also changed the part of the name Gerhard to greed Alto.
Towards the beginning of the 14th century was greed Alto joke manor and the small village changed hands several times. First there were the brothers John, Peter and Mark, the Gieraltowski of greed Alto joke called themselves, followed by Paul Twardawa. From it acquired Matthias von Dobschütz 1532 the estate and sold it on December 22, 1544 for 1600 guilders to Jan Przedbor. 1665 Johann Skal was purchaser of the goods from which it passed in 1679 to Georg Freiherr von Welcz. Soon after, greed Alto joke went over to Franz von Holy and Ponientschütz († 1709) and no later than 1697 Kaspar von Schick. In 1700 his wife, the Church transferred a piece of land on which the local Church was built. In the 18th century were Carl Wenzel von Tluck and Toschonowitz ( * ca 1702, † 1765 ), on his son Anton von Tluck and Toschonowitz (* 1736, † 1775 in greed Alto joke ) and then his son Rudolph of Zawandzki - Polanka (* 1754 † 1823 in Alto greed joke) landlords. The family of the von Poraj Madejski, where greed Alto joke belonged since 1839, was in the village to build a mansion. 1853 Charles of Raczek new owner, whose family from 1898 to 1904 in what is now the district Preiswitz ( Przyszowice ) had built a neo-baroque castle. From 1895 to 1898 in Alto greed joke originated as a small monastery founded by Franz Raczeks, whose family until 1929 was in possession of the goods greed Alto joke.
(1910: 129 inhabitants) After the First World War, the Gutsbezirk greed Alto joke was dissolved and added to the village, which counted 1,344 inhabitants in 1910. Greed Alto joke fell in 1922 after the plebiscite in Upper Silesia from 1921, when Gierałtowice to Poland. In the Polish campaign in 1939, the town was occupied by the German Wehrmacht. After the invasion of the Red Army in 1945, the village was re- polish.
In 1977, the congregation was formed and incorporated Gierałtowice the nearby villages Bujaków, Chudów, Ornontowice, Paniówki and Przyszowice. This was followed in 1991 by a citizens' initiative On the My extension of Ornontowice which henceforth formed a self-employed rural community while Bujaków 1995 the district of Mikołów was.
Attractions
- The greed Alto witzer parish church was built in its present form in 1928 on the foundations of an older previous building. It outweigh modern elements, while especially the onion dome and roof skylights are attributable to the Neo-Baroque.
- The classical mansion of the family of Poraj Madejski was executed in 1845 and rebuilt after 1945.
Twinning
Gierałtowice maintains a partnership with the community Lahstedt in Lower Saxony.