Pogórze, Opole Voivodeship
Pogosch (Polish: Pogórze ) is a town in Upper Silesia. Pogosch located in the municipality Zülz ( Biała) in Prudnicki powiat (district Neustadt OS) in the Polish Opole Voivodeship.
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Geography
Geographical Location
Pogosch located eight kilometers north of the parish seat Zülz, 18 kilometers northeast of the county town of Prudnik ( Neustadt OS) and 28 kilometers south of the Opole voivodship ( Opole ).
Neighboring towns
Neighboring towns of Pogosch in the West Piechocice ( Piechotzutz ), in the northwest of Stara Jamka ( Jamke ), in the north Kolonia Pogórze ( colony Pogosch ) and Rzymkowice ( ring joke), to the east Schelitz ( Chrzelice ) and Lonschnik ( Łącznik ), south of the hamlet Fronzke ( Frączki ) and Bresnitz ( Brzeźnica ).
Districts
To Pogosch the hamlet Fronzke heard ( Frączki ).
History
The town was first mentioned in 1384. 1404 mention as " Pogors ". 1828 and 1905 two new school buildings were built. 1865 the place at that time Pogorz and Pogorsch had written, 84 farmers, 15 gardeners and 84 smallholdings.
In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921 976 voters voted to remain in Germany and 61 for Poland. Pogosch remained with the German Reich. On October 10, 1936, the town was renamed in fire Willewalde. By 1945, the place was in the county Neustadt OS
In 1945 the previously German place under Polish administration and renamed Pogórze and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950, the city came to Opole Voivodeship and since 1999 he is part of the powiat Prudnicki. On 6 March 2006 the German Pogosch was in the community Zülz, plays, introduced as a second official language. On 24 November 2008, the City also received the official German place names Pogosch.
Sights and Monuments
- Modern church, which was completed in 2010
- Chapel with bell tower from 1861
- Several roadside crosses
- Bildstöcke
- Monument to the Fallen
- Miniature replica of a wooden shotgun windmill and millstone
Clubs
- German Friendship Circle