WielowieÅ›, Silesian Voivodeship
Wielowieś ( German Langendorf ) a place in the Gmina Wielowieś in Poland is 14 km north of Gliwice. Wielowieś located in the powiat Gliwice in Silesian Voivodeship. Wielowieś is the parish seat.
Wielowieś 1924 inhabitants.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 Attractions
- 3.2 Cultural Institutions
- 6.1 Literature
- 6.2 External links
- 6.3 footnotes
Geography
Geographical Location
Wielowieś is located in the western part of the Silesian Voivodeship near the border of the Opole Voivodeship, north of the county town of Gliwice ( Gleiwitz ) and east of Toszek ( Tost ) and in the central Upper Silesia.
Neighboring towns
Neighboring towns are Kieleczka ( Kieleschka ) Czarków ( Zharkov ), Sieroty (Schie Roth), Błażejowice ( Blaschowitz ) and Świbie ( Schwieben ).
History
The town was first mentioned in 1305 as Villa Magna in the phrase " Item in Magna Villa sunt XL mansi parvi decimam in capis de 3 bus triticis siliginis et avenae ."
1335 Parish Church was mentioned. 1629 returned the now Protestant Langendorf back to the Catholic religion, the nobility was Protestant.
1664 a Jewish community was founded by Jews from Poland in Langendorf. Around 1720, lived in the parish of 668 Catholics and 50 Jews, Langendorf was owned by Count Verdugo from Tworog. 1779 acquired General Johann Benedict of Groeling Langendorf, 1780 sold it and bought it back in 1781. Until 1780, the number of Jews increased significantly and began the members from the neighboring places in Langendorf bury. According to Rabbi Bernhard Brilling every fourth inhabitant Langendorf's was Jewish in the 18th century. In 1817 there were 279 Jews.
On April 10, 1902, the marriage of Baroness Eva Durant de Senegas with Count Leo Ballestrem was held at the Long Strand Church.
1921 voted in Langendorf in the referendum in Upper Silesia population of 918 511 for Poland and 398 for Germany.
On February 6, 1926, inaugurated on a Baron of Durant ( from the family Durand, Marquis de Senegas et de bonne from the Langduc ) donated land a war memorial. In the 1930s, a new development of 48 houses was built on the road to Schwieben in Langendorf.
Between 1934 and 1935, the Assumption Church was extended. In the presence of the bishop brawler from Breslau, Pastor 1935 was laid for the Protestant chapel room Tost and the builder Draub Peiskretscham from the foundation.
1939, Langendorf from the administrative district of Opole to the administrative district of Katowice.
In 1945 Langendorf under Polish administration and the Silesian Province, has been connected.
From 1950 to 1998 Wielowieś lay in the province Katowice. In 1999, Wielowieś the Silesian Voivodeship and in the revived powiat Gliwice.
Since 2007, the parish seat of municipality Wielowieś is in the castle in the ul Główna 1, previously in 25 ul Główna
Population Development
The inhabitants numbers of Langendorf after the relevant field status:
Culture and sights
Attractions
- Castle and park of the Verdugo family from the year 1748. Converted from 1923 until 1927.
- The Roman Catholic Assumption Church from the 15th century, expanded in 1935. It has an elaborately configured wooden pulpit.
- Evangelical Chapel - Neo-Gothic chapel dating from 1924.
- Catholic chapel from the 20th century
- Former Synagogue - Oldest Synagogue in Upper Silesia, built in 1771 was used until 1938 and purchased by a Long Strand ways that the building could be preserved. . Was later converted into a warehouse.
- Jewish cemetery dating from the turn of the 18th/19th. Century with about 250 preserved grave stones. The oldest grave stone of the first Jewish citizen of Langendorf Jonathan Bloch of 1722.
- Many town houses on the main street and the side streets, including built by Jewish citizens. Inter alia Art Nouveau building from 1905 with white glazed tiles ( ul Główna 57) historistisches building from 1896 ( Szkolna 2), residential buildings from the second half of the 19th century ( Młyńska 1) former Catholic school from the first half of the 19th century ( Kościelna 4) and a villa from 1910 until 2007 in the municipal office was ( ul Główna 25).
- Stock image
- Four roadside crosses from the years 1870, 1875 and 1903.
Cultural
- Cultural Center of the Municipality
- Public Library of community
Education
Clubs
- Sports club LKS Tęcza Wielowieś founded in 1947
- German Friendship Circle Langendorf