DÄ…browa, Opole County

Dąbrowa ( German Dambrau ) is a village in the powiat Opolski in Poland in the Opole Voivodship and the seat of the municipality of the same country.

Geography

Dąbrowa is situated about 10 kilometers west of Opole and 65 km southeast of Wroclaw, in the west of the historical region of Upper Silesia.

History

In 1449 the village was mentioned as Dambrawa and at that time was part of the Duchy of Opole, which was a fief of Bohemia. The place is, however, much older - so the existence of the parish Dambrau is already in use for the year 1305.

1742 Dambrau became Prussian in 1818 and the county Falkenberg OS assigned - originally the place had belonged to the Opole region. Until 1945 there was a District Dambrau.

1843 received Dambrau with the station in the adjacent town Scheppelwitz following the railway line Opole - Brieg. Today the station is named Dąbrowa Niemodlińska.

As part of the district Falkenberg is Dambrau was not in the voting area of the plebiscite in Upper Silesia in 1921. Due to the Second World War Dambrau as Dąbrowa part of Poland and Opole Voivodeship, 1950, has been connected.

Since only a portion of the ancestral inhabitants had fled or been expelled, was able to maintain an ethnic German minority in the area. According to the last Polish census of 2002 How belong to 17,19 % of the municipality population of the German minority, further 3.44% described themselves as " Silesians ".

Population Development

The population figures of Dambrau:

Attractions

  • The Catholic parish church of St. Lawrence is a building of the late Renaissance to the 17th century with front tower, biaxial and uniaxial nave, closed on three sides choir. The conclusion of the low bell tower, which merges into an octagonal floor plan on the last floor, forming a Baroque dome with a lantern. In the 19th century the church was rebuilt several times, from this period, the classicist altars. The pulpit is the work of Rococo 18th century.
  • The castle is a late Renaissance. It was built from 1615 to 1617 for the then lord Joachim Graf von Tschentschau - Mettich with today's gate tower with onion dome. Was redesigned Basically, the four wings of the castle from 1894 to 1897 in Neo-Renaissance style. The exterior has been provided with many gables and built on the northwest corner of a round tower.

Community structure

The municipality covers an area of ​​Dąbrowa 130.84 km ² with a population of 9594 ( as of June 30, 2013) and is divided into the following districts:

  • Chroscina ( Chrosczinna; 1934-45: veins )
  • Ciepielowice ( Scheppelwitz; 1936-45: Steffansgrund )
  • Dąbrowa ( Dambrau )
  • Karczów ( Schönwitz )
  • Lipowa ( Neuleipe )
  • Mechnice ( Muchenitz; 1936-45: Moosdorf )
  • Narok ( Norok; 1936-45: Wolfsgrund O. S. )
  • Niewodniki ( Niewodnik; 1936-45: Fischbach OS)
  • Nowa Jamka ( German Jamke; 1936-45: Mittenwalde OS)
  • Prady ( Brande )
  • Siedliska ( Schedliske; 1936-45: Waldsiedel )
  • Skarbiszów ( Karbischau )
  • Sławice ( Slawitz; 1936-45: Preissdorf )
  • Wrzoski ( Wreske; 1936-45: Heide field )
  • Żelazna ( Zelasno; 1934-45: Eisenau )

Partner communities

  • Lengede ( Germany )
  • Halicz (Ukraine )
Voivodeship (Poland) Opole County Vehicle registration plates of Poland Szczekociny Gmina Wrocław Alexander Duncker Amtsbezirk Halych Chrząstowice, Opole Voivodeship Gmina Murów Prószków Tarnów Opolski
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