Kup, Poland
Coupling, Polish: Kup, is a town in Upper Silesia. Couplings lies in the community in the United Döbern powiat Opolski in Polish Opole Voivodeship.
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Geography
Geographical Location
Coupling is located four kilometers north of the parish seat United Döbern ( Dobrzeń Wielki ) and 16 kilometers north of the county town of Opole voivodship and ( Opole ).
Coupling is located south of the town Pokój ( Bad Carlsruhe ).
Neighboring towns
Neighboring towns of coupling are in the northwest Kaniów ( Hirschfelde ), in the north Ładza ( Salzbrunn ), in the northeast Grabczok, in the east Brynica ( Brinnitz ), in the south Finkenstein ( Brzezie ) and Great Döbern and southwest Chrosczütz ( Chróścice ).
History
Coupling was founded in 1780 as a colony. North of the colony already existed a place called clutch that emerged in 1607 after the construction of a mill by Lorenz Slensagk. This place was called after 1780 Alt- clutch after clutch gave the name of the colony.
Construction of the new colony was completed and occupied in 1782. It was built by the architect Drenkhahn from Brieg. 1787 lived in the colony of 213 inhabitants.
In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921 828 voters voted to remain in Germany and 97 for Poland. Coupling remained with the German Reich. 1933 lived 1151 inhabitants in the town. In 1939 the place 1252 inhabitants. By 1945, the place was in the district of Opole.
In 1945 the previously German place under Polish administration and renamed copper and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. From 1945 to 1954, Kup Kup seat of the municipality. In 1950, the city came to Opole Voivodeship. In 1999 the place to re-founded powiat Opolski. On 22 April 2009 the clutch was in the village of Great Döbern, belongs, introduced German as a second official language on 1 December 2009 was the place in addition to the official German names clutch.
Architecture
Coupling was applied circular and thus has something in common with the northern Pokój ( Bad Carlsruhe ), which is also circular layout ( at least within the star ). Geometrically arranged villages are typical of the Baroque period.
One half of the circle within the ring road was designed as a place branched from the two radiating streets. The other half was built with houses. Dividing the two halves by a central straight road approaching the north- north-west to the Protestant church. Within built half located at the exit point of the radial roads, the accounts office building. To the ring twelve houses were originally arranged, including eight colonists houses, a brewery, a blacksmith shop, an inn and a Ausreiter house.
Attractions
- Protestant church from 1820
- Neo-Gothic Catholic church from 1897, inaugurated on November 10, 1898
- Two shrines
- Nepomuk Statue
Clubs
- German Friendship Circle