Pogorzela, Opole Voivodeship

Pogorzela ( German: Pogarell ) is a village in the Polish rural community Olszanka ( Alzenau ) in the powiat Brzeski of the Opole Voivodeship.

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Geography

Historically Pogorzela is in the easternmost part of Lower Silesia. Today, the site of the Opole Voivodeship belongs to, in the western part - about 8 kilometers southeast of Brzeg and about 30 km northwest of Opole - it is located. Pogorzela is to reach 10 km away from the A4 motorway.

History

The name of Pogarell points to the close relationship with the Knights of Pogarell, who held the lordship over Pogarell and other places in the area. Pogarell had very early a church, which was a branch of Michelau. The first written mention of the village falls in the year 1272nd It is a gift certificate for two Huben country in place of a chaplain named Arnold by the widow of Count Predslaw Michelau. After the Reformation, the church became Protestant and remained so until the Second World War.

Pogarell was part of the Duchy Brieg and came up with this in 1329 under the rule of Bohemia, did not come until 1675 with the extinction of the Piast dynasty of Habsburg and Brieger 1742 Prussian.

The street village Pogarell grew over time along with the westerly place Alzenau, nevertheless both were independent communities. 1945 fell Pogarell as Pogorzela to Poland. With the expulsion of most of the German and the Polish resettlement changed the religious affiliation of the population, so that in 1957 the Protestant church to the Catholic parish church. Even if Pogorzela always has more inhabitants, Olszanka is the seat of the rural community.

Population Development

Attractions

The former Protestant Sacred Heart Church ( kościół pw Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego ) is a typical for the country Brieger medieval brick church. It is attested for the first time for the year 1273 and was established in its current form, including the churchyard wall in the 14th century and 15th century, the front tower around 1600. In the choir room to find important Gothic frescoes from the late 15th century, which is why the Church is a station of the 53 km long cultural path of Brieger polychromies ( Szlak Polichromii Brzeskich ).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Preczlaw of Pogarell (* 1299 ); most important prince bishop of Breslau