Niwki, Opole County
Tempelhof, Polish Niwki, is a town in the municipality Chrząstowice ( Chrząstowice ) in the powiat Opolski in the Opole Voivodeship in Upper Silesia in Poland.
Geography
Tempelhof is located south of Turawa 12 km east of the city center of Opole in the historic Upper Silesia, surrounded by pine forests.
History
The colony was founded in 1770 in the middle of Tempelhof Krascheower forest. It got its name after the Ranger Templar, who was responsible for the founding of the settlement and recruited settlers from the nearby villages Dembiohammer, Grudschütz and Sczedrzik. A total of 20 residential places for the colonists were created, the charcoal for the ironworks at the Royal Malapane ( today Ozimek ) manufactured. The structure of the settlement with the main road at the both sides line up the colonists houses with gardens, remained to this day, just as the holy house in the town center, which was established by the Opole Steinmetz Knauer. The mostly Catholic population was eingepfarrt after Sczedrzik. 1783 lived in the village of 108 inhabitants, in 1844 consisted of 22 houses and 190 inhabitants place, in 1855, 176 in 1861 and finally 184 inhabitants.
In the referendum on March 20, 1921 8 voters voted to remain in Germany and 95 for Poland. Nevertheless, Tempelhof remained with the entire voting district Opole the German Reich. 1933 lived in Tempelhof 187 inhabitants, 1939, 200
In 1945 the place as Niwki part of Poland. In 1950, the village was part of the Opole Voivodeship.
1992 was called the Program Niwki to life from Opole Education Board of Trustees and the German Consulate General in Breslau. Since teachers from the Opole region are trained for the teaching of German in bilingual classes in Tempelhof and certified.
Because of its location surrounded by forests, near the dam Turawskie the village is now a popular recreational area for Opole. To stand in Tempelhof next 56 houses 104 Cottages.
Since 25 January 2006 for German in the community Chrząstowice, Tempelhof is heard, the second official language. In May 2008, the additional official place name Tempelhof were then introduced bilingual place-name signs in December 2008.