Kierpień

Kerpen (Polish: Kierpień ) is a town in Upper Silesia. Kerpen is located in the municipality Oberglogau ( Głogówek ) in Prudnicki powiat (district Neustadt OS) in the Polish Opole Voivodeship.

  • 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.1 External links
  • 6.2 footnotes

Geography

Geographical Location

Kerpen is located six kilometers north of the parish seat Oberglogau, 22 kilometers east of the county town of Prudnik ( Neustadt OS) and 31 kilometers south of the Opole voivodship ( Opole ).

Through the town flows an arm of the Hotzenplotz.

Neighboring towns

Neighboring towns of Blaschewitz in the West Zowade ( Zawada ) and Neuvorwerk ( But) in the north Schreibersdorf ( Pisarzowice ), in the northeast of Nowy Dwór Prudnicki ( Neuhof ), in the southeast Repsch ( Rzepcze ) and in the southwest Leschnig ( Leśnik ) and Blaschewitz ( Błażejowice Dolne ).

History

The place was first mentioned in the 13th century. The place name is said to derive from the Latin word " Carpio ", which means carp. 1335 was first documented in a church in the place mentioned as " ecclesia de Kepowa ". 1831 Vorwerk Adelenhof was built. In 1865 the town had 17 farmers, 25 gardeners and 14 smallholdings. At this time Kerpen had a Catholic school with 107 students.

In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921 266 voters voted to remain in Germany and 165 for Poland. Kerpen remained with the German Reich. By 1945, the place was in the district of Neustadt OS

In 1945 the previously German place under Polish administration and renamed Kierpień and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950, the city came to Opole Voivodeship and since 1999 he is part of the powiat Prudnicki. On 22 April 2009 German was in the community Oberglogau, Kerpen belongs introduced as a second official language. On 1 December 2009, the City also received the official German place names Kerpen.

Sights and Monuments

  • Parish church, built around 1655
  • Roadside crosses
  • Monument to the Fallen

Clubs

  • German Friendship Circle
  • Village renewal of the group " Odnowa Wsi Opolskiej " program

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Julius Zupitza (1844-1895), German Anglist and founders of English philology in Germany

References

Voivodeship (Poland) Prudnik County Gmina Vehicle registration plates of Poland Zawada, Prudnik County Pisarzowice, Krapkowice County Leśnik, Opole Voivodeship Błażejowice Dolne Stare Kotkowice Biedrzychowice, Opole Voivodeship Mochów Nowe Kotkowice Zwiastowice Twardawa
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