Nędza, Racibórz County
Nędza ( German until 1910 Nendza; 1910-1914 Nensa; 1914-1945 Buchenau ) is a municipality in the powiat Raciborski, in the western part of the Silesian Province on the upper reaches of the Oder.
History
At the beginning of the 17th century founded Hans Freiherr von Mettich instead of a drained pond in a forest, the village Nendza.
1742 Nendza was assigned to Prussia, and in 1816 the county Ratibor. The village was the parish Markowitz.
1910, the spelling was Nensa official toponym, 1914, the village was eventually renamed Buchenau.
After the First World War was decided in 1921 during bloody riots in a referendum on the state affiliation of Upper Silesia. In Buchenau ( Nensa ) 472 or 71.95% of the valid votes were cast to remain with Germany. Buchenau remained in the Weimar Republic, but was border town. 1926 a separate parish Buchenau was founded and expanded the church from 1908 in the sequence.
After the Second World War Buchenau was incorporated into the Polish state and change the place name in Nędza.
Since not all German inhabitants fled or were driven out, was able to maintain an ethnic German minority in the area. According to the last Polish census of 2002 How belong to 10.47 % of the municipality population of the German minority, further 8.10% described themselves as " Silesians ".
Community
The rural municipality consists of the villages
- Nędza ( Buchenau )
- Zawada Książęca ( Herzoglich Zawada )
- Babice ( Babitz )
- Gorki Śląskie ( Gurek )
- Ciechowice ( Schichowitz )
- Szymocice ( Schymotschütz )
- Łęg ( ling )
Clockwise from the north the municipality borders, starting at the community Kuźnia Raciborska ( Ratiborhammer ), in the south on the community and the city Lyski Racibórz ( Ratibor ) and in the west on the community of Rudnik.
In the town the nature reserve Łężczok is.