Gmina Siechnice

The Gmina Siechnice until 2009 Gmina Święta Katarzyna, is a city and municipality in the country powiat Wroclaw in Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is located southeast of the city of Wroclaw and is adjacent to this city.

Community

A special feature of urban and rural community was that her seat was the village Święta Katarzyna until 1 January 2010. The only town in the municipality is Siechnice since 1997.

The population is 15,000 people, the area of ​​98.57 km ² (of which 66.26 km ² agricultural land and 10.29 km ² forests). In the municipality there are 23 places, including the city Siechnice ( Tschechnitz ) with about 4,000 inhabitants. In the four largest sites Siechnice, Radwanice ( Radwanitz ) Święta Katarzyna and Żerniki Wrocławskie ( Schönborn ) lives about 70 % of the population of the municipality. Due to the proximity of the city Wroclaw no means the center has emerged in the area of ​​the municipality.

The municipality is located on the railway line Wroclaw - Opole and on a country road. In the municipality, there are five railway breakpoints, keep the passenger trains ( pl. Pociąg Osobowy ). The village Święta Katarzyna is linked by a bus the transport company with the city of Breslau Breslau; the other places are opened with the lines of the bus company PKS.

The first mention of Święta Katarzyna comes from the 1257; Siechnice was first mentioned in 1253. At the beginning of the 20th century Siechnice was industrialized; it was, inter alia, built by the power company Silesia a power plant.

Community structure

The urban and rural community Siechnice includes not only the city Siechnice ( Tschechnitz, 1936-1945: Power Born), the following 18 districts ( German name until 1945):

  • Biestrzyków ( Ecker Village )
  • Bogusławice ( Boguslawitz, 1936-1945: Schwarzaue )
  • Groblice ( Grebelwitz )
  • Grodziszów
  • Iwiny ( Oldern )
  • Kotowice ( Kottwitz )
  • Łukaszowice ( Grunau, 1939-1945: United Grunau )
  • Mokry Dwór ( Althofnaß )
  • Ozorzyce (or joke, 1937-1945: signs )
  • Radwanice ( Radwanitz, 1937-1945: Water Born)
  • Smardzów ( Schmarse )
  • Sulimov ( Sillmenau )
  • Sulęcin ( Saulwitz )
  • Święta Katarzyna ( Kattern )
  • Trestno ( Treschen )
  • Zacharzyce ( Sacher joke, 1937-1945: Sachern )
  • Zębice ( Sambowitz, 1936-1945: Seydlitzaue )
  • Żerniki Wrocławskie ( Schönborn )

Sister City

  • Sin -le- Noble, France

References

Voivodeship (Poland) Vehicle registration plates of Poland Wrocław Train#Passenger trains Sin-le-Noble Czernica, Wrocław County
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