Komprachcice
Comprachtschütz, Polish Komprachcice ( German until 1913 Comprachczütz, 1936-1945 Gumpertsdorf, Upper Silesia Kůmprachćicy ) situated, is a municipality in Opolski powiat in Poland, about eight kilometers southwest of the county town of Opole in Opole Voivodeship. Comprachtschütz since 2009 is officially bilingual (Polish and German ).
- 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 5.1 External links
- 5.2 footnotes
History
Because of the proximity to the city Opole Comprachtschütz was in its history always with this city and the Duchy of Opole. The neighboring villages Bowallno and Polish Neudorf, but also Comprachtschütz were in church, however, the collegiate church in Falkenberg belonging. Was first documented in 1302 as Comprachtschütz Gumperti villa in the collegiate church of the document concerned. Because of the name is to be assumed that this locality was a German knight named Gumpert. Later spellings of the place denominated Gupertowitz and Gumprechtsdorf, although not prevailed. So the place was mentioned in a document of the monastery Czarnowąsy from November 19, 1433 as Gumprechtsdorff. 1532 the site was mentioned as Gomprachtitz.
Already in 1335 and in 1398 a church in Comprachtschütz was mentioned. It was probably built by the Opole collegiate of the Holy Cross, which is also the pastoral care rendered here with a certain Thomas the first own pastor was introduced in 1680 and at the request of the community. In the Thirty Years' War, the church was burned down by the Swedes. In 1686 she was again destroyed by fire and was rebuilt in 1702 for the last time.
1816 the Prussian government district of Opole was formed, the city and its hinterland brought an economic boom. Even though in 1848 a typhus epidemic broke out in the area, the new mills and industrial enterprises more and more people attracted to. 1887 found the congregation Comprachtschütz connection to the new railway line Opole - Nysa, which was also accompanied by the construction of new roads. In 1913 the spelling of the name of Comprachczütz in Comprachtschütz was changed.
In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921 619 votes were cast ( 73.3 %) to remain with Germany in Comprachtschütz, 225 votes were for connection to Poland. Consequently, the village remained in the Weimar Republic.
In the 1930s Comprachtschütz experienced significant population growth, as many people had to be relocated because of the construction of Turawa. This period also saw the establishment of the new parish church from 1935 to 1936, which was driven by Father Franz Niedzballa falls. The historic grist wooden church of St. Martin from 1702 in 1941 moved to the nearby Ochotz. Comprachtschütz remained all the time independently and was not, as neighboring municipalities, district of Opole. As in top, but also Lower Silesia renaming hundreds of villages was operated with Slavic -sounding name of the National Socialists, also Comprachtschütz 1936 was renamed Gumpertsdorf, which was a reference to medieval spellings. 1939 the municipality had 8196 inhabitants and was until 1945 part of the district of Opole.
1945 Comprachtschütz was occupied by the Red Army and was since then. Komprachcice as part of Poland After the Second World War, only a small number of the local population has been displaced. According to the last census in 2002, 56.0 % of the community population in Poland, 31.3 % belong to the German minority, a further 7.5 % identified themselves as Silesians and 5.2% did not specify their nationality.
On 4 June 2009 was introduced in the municipality of German as a second official language on 1 December 2009 bilingual place names were introduced.
Population Development
The population figures of Comprachtschütz after the relevant field status:
Community structure
For the rural community Comprachtschütz include the following locations:
- Bowallno (Polish Wawelno, amtl. to 2001 Wąwelno; Germany 1936-45: Walldorf)
- Chmiellowitz ( Chmielowice; 1934-45: Hopfental )
- Comprachtschütz ( Komprachcice; 1936-45: Gumpertsdorf )
- Dometzko ( Domecko; 1936-45: Althaus )
- Dziekanstwo ( Dziekaństwo; 1936-1945: Dean Village )
- Ochotz ( Ochodze; 1936-45: Fruehauf )
- Neudorf Polish ( Polska Nowa Wies )
- Roth House ( Osiny )
- Sims village ( Pucnik )
- Zirkowitz ( Zerkowice; 1936-45: Erlental O.S. )
Twinning
In 1997, a partnership agreement between Comprachtschütz and the German city Hasbergen was closed.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Rainer Langer ( born 1943 ), German football player and coach
- Basha Mika (born 1954 ), German journalist