Głuchołazy
Głuchołazy ( German Bad Ziegenhals ) is a town in southwestern Poland in the Voivodship Opole, Silesia. It is located at the foot of Zuck Manteler highlands (Polish Opawskie Mountains ) in the Valley of goats Halser Biele.
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History
In 1220 took the Breslau Bishop Lorenz German settlers in the area in the foothills of the Jeseníky to protect the diocese land Neisse against the encroachment of the Margrave of Moravia, Vladislav Henry, a brother Ottokar I., to the north. Already in 1263 had Ziegenhals city law. The settlers were mainly miners, lured the news of gold discoveries in the mountains in goats neck in the area. Gold mining has been recognized in the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as iron ore mines in the Thurzos and Fugger. However, the gold mining was not as significant as in the neighboring Zuckmantel. The mouth hole of the Stolln Epiphany, which served the mines dewatering of Zuckmantler is to find near the city. Its water was also used for the impact of a mill.
The city was burned down on March 20, 1428 by the Hussites. At the flood of Bielefeld from 1472 reminded the annual procession to the Visitation. 1627 the plague raged in the city, it was recalled in 1945, held Pestprozession.
In the First Silesian War, situated near the fortress city of Nysa was repeatedly the scene of hostilities. After taking over almost the whole of Silesia by Prussia Ziegenhals became a Prussian frontier town, while Zuckmantel remained in Austria. This led to an economic decline; only with the cultivation of flax is Ziegenhals became a weaving town. With the railroad connection 1874, the cellulose industry developed. After the discovery of mineral springs located Ziegenhals developed in the 19th century to a spa. Since 1945 Ziegenhals belongs under the name Głuchołazy to Poland.
In the course of an exchange area to the Zlaté Hory associated settlement Skřivánkov ( Lerch field) was established in 1959 in exchange for Krasów ceded by Czechoslovakia and connected under the name Skowronków to Głuchołazy.
Through the city trains of the Czech railway line KBS 292 Krnov ( Jägerndorf ) Jeseník ( Freiwaldau ) Hanušovice ( Hannsdorf ) which change the direction of travel in the former main railway station, but did not permit boarding or disembarking until 2006.
Population Development
Community
The urban and rural commune ( gmina miejsko - wiejska ) Głuchołazy covers a territory of 167.98 km ² and has a population of 25,000. It includes the following locations:
- Biskupów ( Bischofswalde )
- Bodzanów ( Langendorf )
- Burgrabice ( Borken village)
- Charbielin ( Ludwisgdorf )
- Gierałcice (yaw village)
- Głuchołazy ( Bad Ziegenhals ) - City
- Jarnołtówek ( Arnold village)
- Konradów ( Dürr Kunz village)
- Markovice (marker village)
- Nowy Las ( Neuwalde )
- Nowy Świętów ( German bet )
- Podlesie ( Schonwalde )
- Pokrzywna (wild background)
- Rudawa (Roth hard )
- Skowronków ( Lerch field)
- Stary Las ( Old Walde )
- Sławniowice ( United Kunz village)
- Sucha Kamienica ( Dürrkamitz, 1936-1945 Dürstein )
- Świętów Polski ( Altwette, until 1918 Polish bet )
- Wilamowice Nyskie ( Winsdorf )
Twin Cities
- Jeseník, Czech Republic
- Mikulovice, Czech Republic
- Municipality Nieder-Olm, Germany
- Zlaté Hory, Czech Republic