Rogale, Gołdap County
Rogale ( German Rogahlen, 1938-1945 Gahlen ) is a village in the northeast of the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and is part of the rural community Banie Masurian ( Benkheim ) in Gołdap powiat ( county Goldap ).
- 3.1 parish
- 3.2 parish (until 1945)
- 3.3 priest (until 1945)
Geographical location
Rogale is located six kilometers south of the Polish- Russian border and is only accessible via main roads: from Banie Masurian ( Benkheim, six kilometers ) to the province road 650 about Kulsze ( Kulsen ) or Bocwinka ( Herandstal, 8 kilometers) above Rożyńsk Maly ( Bergershof ). A rail connection does not exist.
History
In 1818 lived in what was then Rogahlen 93 inhabitants, the number of which, however until 1863 had risen to 317. The rural municipality belonged at the time to the district Darkehmen (1938-1946 Angerapp, today Russian: Osjorsk ) in the district Gumbinnen ( Gusev ) of the Prussian province of East Prussia. 1874 Rogahlen office village was.
In 1910 333 people lived here, whose number in 1925 amounted to 335, to 1933, rising to 403 in 1939 and 344, respectively. And 1935, the rural community Wittgirren (1938-1945 Witt Bach, Polish: Widgiry ) In 1928, the Gutsbezirk Klewienen (now Polish: Klewiny ), 1934, the rural community Skallischkehmen ( Skaliszkiejmy Polish) incorporated to Rogahlen. On June 3, 1938 - with official confirmation on 16 July 1938 - Rogahlen was renamed " Gahlen ".
As a result of the Second World War, the village came under Polish administration. It was designated Rogale that occurs several times in Poland. Today, the site in the Gmina Banie Masurian in the powiat Gołdapski the Warmia - Mazury (1975-1998 Suwałki Voivodeship ) incorporated and registered office of a Schulz Office.
District Rogahlen / Gahlen
Between 1874 and 1945 Rogahlen was resp. Gahlen seat and the eponymous site of an office district to which banded together nine rural communities or estate districts on May 6, 1874:
On January 12, 1939, the District Rogahlen was officially renamed " District Gahlen ". On January 1, 1945 belonged to him, the eight municipalities Balschdorf, Gahlen, United Jahnen, United Steinau, Gruneiken, Hilpert Werder, Ostkehmen and Witt Bach.
Church
Parish
Before 1945 Rogahlen had resp. Gahlen a predominantly Protestant population and was only at the beginning of the 20th century Kirchdorf. Until then, it belonged to the parish Szabienen (1936-1938 damage bees, 1938-1945 Lautersee, Polish: Zabin ). In 1913 the church became independent after church and rectory were also already been completed and a separate parish was established. Rogahlen / Gahlen belonged until 1945 to the church district Darkehmen ( 1938-1946 Angerapp, today Russian: Osjorsk ) in the ecclesiastical province of East Prussia the Church of the Old Prussian Union.
Found Here - few - Catholic church members belonged to the diocese of Warmia.
Since 1945, predominantly Catholic population live in Rogale. You are now under the Dean Gołdap ( Goldap ) in the Diocese of Elk of the Catholic Church in Poland. The few evangelical church members are the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland now integrated in the parish Giżycko ( Lötzen ) with the branch church in Węgorzewo ( In the castle ) in the Diocese of Mazury.
Parish (until 1945)
For parish Rogahlen / Gahlen belonged to 1945 seven villages: Audinischken (1938-1945 Werder Hilpert, since 1945 Audyniszki ), United Jahnen ( since 1945 Jany ), Small Jahnen ( Jany ) Klewienen ( since 1945 Klewiny ) Matzwolla (1938-1945 Balschdorf since 1945 Maciejowa Wola ), Ostkehmen ( since 1945 Osieki ) and Rogahlen / Gahlen. Except Rogahlen also United Jahnen was a school location.
Pastor ( 1945 )
In Rogahlen / Gahlen officiated before the official establishment of a parish already the clergy Otto Show Champion, George Bork, John Gemmel, Kurt Stone Turner and Paul Ewert as vicars and assistant preacher. Then worked as a pastor:
- Johann Eduard E. Christoleit, 1913-1923
- Gustav Boersch, 1923-1927
- Johann Samuel B. Kurt Ehmer, 1927-1929
- Kurt Hetz, 1932-1945
These were partly supported by the curate: Max Kuehnert and Ulrich Stotzka.
School
Already in 1740 the school was founded in Rogahlen. Later it was divided: in Wittgirren (1938-1945 Witt Bach, since 1945 Widgiry ) students in the Rogahlen the more Masurian dominated villages went to school who were close to the Lithuanian.
Footnotes
- Place of Warmia and Mazury
- Gmina Banie Masurian