Oborniki ÅšlÄ…skie
Oborniki Śląskie [ ɔbɔrɲik ʲ i ɕlõsk ʲ ɛ ] ( German Obernigk ) is a city in Poland with about 8,400 inhabitants and is located in the northern part of the Province of Lower Silesia in the powiat Trzebnicki.
Geography
The city is located in the cat Mountains, a mountain range north of the Silesian Or, about 10 kilometers west of Trzebnica ( Trebnitz ) and 26 km north from Wroclaw.
City Arms
The coat of arms of the city ( after 1945 created ) shows a green fir-tree in yellow field.
History
Because of its good climatic conditions, the 1305 first mentioned village Obernigk developed in cats Mountains in the 19th century to the resort. The landowner Carl Wolfgang Schaubert operation in 1835 to expand the spa.
Previously the site by the poet Charles of Holtei had become known. Holtei, who lived here for several years and in 1821 also married here Obernigk described in several poems.
In 1856 the place was by the distance from Wroclaw to Poznan connection to the railway.
In 1866, in Breslau broke cholera, many residents fled after Obernigk. By the end of World War II Obernigk belonged to the county Trebnitzgrund and was a favorite resort for the citizens of Wroclaw and other cities in Lower Silesia.
1945, the site of the Polish administration was assumed, which was distributed on the basis of Bierut Decrees by then German population. Oborniki Śląskie became a town. The cure and recreation operation continues until today.
Since 2004, a twinning with the Upper Franconian town of Rehau
Population Development
Gmina
The urban and rural commune ( gmina miejsko - wiejska ) Oborniki Śląskie covers an area of 153.75 km ² with 18,059 inhabitants (2007). This includes these cities:
- Bagno ( Heinzendorf )
- Goledzinow ( Kunz village)
- Kowale ( Kawallen )
- Kuraszków (Alt Karoschke, 1936-37: Karoschke, 1937-45: Linde Waldau )
- Oborniki Śląskie ( Obernigk ) City
- Osola ( Ritschedorf )
- Osolin ( Esdorf )
- Pęgów ( Hennig village)
- Piekary ( Beckern )
- Rościsławice ( Riemberg )
- Uraz ( Auras )
- Wielka Lipa ( United Leipe )
- Wilczyńskie ( Heidewilxen )
- Zajączków ( Haasenau )
- Paniowice ( Pannwitz )
Sons and daughters of the town
- Hans von Held (* 1764 in Auras, † 1842), journalist and poet
- Hans Karl von Diebitch - Sabalkanski (* 1785 in the United Leipe, † 1831), a Russian Field Marshal
- Ernst Julius August Zacher (* 1816 in Obernigk, † 1887), German German literature
- Adolf Böhm ( * 1871 in Obernigk; †), German cyclist
- Kurt wishes (* 1929), German politician in the GDR
- Bronisław Komorowski ( born 1952 ), President of Poland
- Aleksandra Natalli - Swiat (* 1959, † 2010), Polish politician