Borucin, Silesian Voivodeship
Borutin, Polish Borucin, is a town in the urban and rural community Kranowitz in powiat Raciborski in Silesia, Poland.
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Geography
Borutin located 12 km south of Racibórz, directly on the Czech border.
History
The first historical mention of the town dates from 25 May 1302., It is mentioned that Herbort has given in-fill of the parish Kranowitz three acres of farmland near the village Borutin. End of the 14th century onwards, was the village of the name Borutswerder, suggesting a German settlement. In the following time several times changed hands from Borutin. End of the 16th century, the then owner of the village, Johann Bravansky of Chobrzan, a small church, which was consecrated John the Baptist, built. However, this was demolished in the late 18th century for unknown reasons. Today's St. Augustine 's Church was built in 1906 in neo-Gothic style and consecrated.
1742 was the village of Prussia, and in 1818 the county Ratibor allocated - before that it had the Leobschützer circle belongs. The first school was built in Borutin 1822.
In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia 1921 793 votes were cast ( 97.5 %) to remain with Germany and 20 (2.5%) for connection to Poland in Borutin - Borutin remained in Germany.
From 1933 the new Nazi rulers led by large-scale renaming of place names of Slavic origin. 1936 Borutin was renamed in dispute Kirch.
The village was at the height of its development almost 2000 inhabitants. After a strong resettlement of many young families to Germany in the 1980s and 1990s, the population shrank to about 1000th After the Second World War, a local history museum was established by Kornelia laughter in Borutin.
Today Borutin belongs to the municipality Kranowitz, which is the municipality with the proportionally largest German minority in Silesia. In 2008, additional official place names were introduced in German language.
Population Development
The population figures Borutins: