Pokój, Opole Voivodeship

Pokój ( German Carlsruhe O / S) is a village and seat of the rural community in Poland with 1425 inhabitants. It is located 31 km north of Opole in Poland and is one of the powiat Namysłowski, Opole Voivodeship to.

  • 3.1 events
  • 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 4.2 personalities who were active in the city
  • 6.1 External links
  • 6.2 footnotes

History

The town was founded in 1748 by Duke Carl Christian Erdmann von Württemberg- Oels as a hunting seat, architecturally modeled after the Baden Karlsruhe, establishing the actual settlement Carlsruhe 1763rd In 1793 relocation of the residence of the seat of the Princes of Oels -Bern city from Oels after Carlsruhe, since 1817 was the stains also a market town. 1806-1807 was Carl Maria von Weber in Carlsruhe music director of Duke Friedrich Heinrich Eugen of Württemberg and composed, amongst others, his two symphonies. 1847 Carlsruhe was declared a health resort and the subsequent name Bad Carlsruhe. On January 21, 1945, the site was occupied by the Red Army without a fight, but it still looted and set on fire, causing the castle and 80 percent of the buildings were destroyed. The ruins of the castle was completely demolished after 1945, set the cure.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Erected a bust of Carl Maria von Weber, 2010 before the church of St. Sophia
  • The Protestant Church of St. Sophia; built 1765-1775
  • The neo-baroque Roman Catholic church
  • The castle park from the 18th and 19th century, partly decorated English gardens and French style gardens. The park has numerous monuments and sculptures, which were destroyed to a large extent are ( all sculptures was the head cut off ) or their symbols and inscriptions were removed. Unique attractions in the park: 1 The Lion Monument, 2nd A erratic boulder, which was dedicated to the Duchess Alexandrine Mathilde of Württemberg. The medallion with the portrait of the Duchess and the inscription " The grateful Carlsruhe " have been removed. 3 Memorial to Carl Maria von Weber, the column with the bust of Weber and the panel are missing, the woman sculpture of arm chopped off with wreath and the head. 4 Artificial ruins. 5 Matilda Temple 6 Victory Monument, eagles missing.

Culture

Events

  • The Carl -Maria -von- Weber- Festival

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg ( 25 June 1797 *, † November 25, 1860 ), German naturalist and explorer
  • Maria Dorothea of ​​Württemberg ( born 1 November 1797 † March 30, 1855 ), by the marriage of Archduchess of Austria and Hungary Palatinissa
  • Sylvius Rudolf Neumann ( December 22, 1805 *, † April 30, 1881 ), Prussian general
  • Wilhelm of Württemberg ( born July 20, 1828 † November 6, 1896 ), Austrian and Württemberg General
  • Nicholas ( March 1, 1833 *, † February 22, 1903 ) of Württemberg, an officer in the service of the Empire of Austria
  • Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen ( born May 5, 1833 † October 6, 1905 ), German geographer and cartographer
  • Agnes of Württemberg ( * October 13, 1835; † July 10, 1886 ) writer, younger by marriage Princess of Reuss line
  • Carl Richard Gneist (* September 4, 1868; † October 4, 1939 ), German diplomat
  • Siegfried Translateur (* June 19, 1875, † March 2, 1944 ), Composer
  • Johannes Winkler (* May 29, 1897, † December 27, 1947 ), German space pioneer
  • Hans Friedrich ( born July 2, 1917 † 25 June 1998), German politician ( FDP)
  • Gerhard Young ( born June 11, 1922), German philologist and high school teachers

Personalities who were active in the city

  • Carl Maria von Weber (born 18 or November 19, 1786, † June 5, 1826 ), German composer, conductor and pianist

Community

The rural commune ( gmina wiejska ) Pokój divided into the following districts ( sołectwo ):

  • Dąbrówka Dolna (oak village, to 1930 Royal Dombrowka; 1930-32: Dombrowka )
  • Domaradz ( dam ratchet; 1936-45: dam field )
  • Domaradzka Kuźnia ( dam ratchet hammer; 1936-45: dam fields Hammer)
  • Fałkowice ( Falko joke; 1936-45: Falkendorf )
  • Kopalina ( Kopaline; 1936-45: Winterberg)
  • Krogulna ( Krogullno )
  • Krzywa Góra ( Blumenthal )
  • Ładza ( Salzbrunn )
  • Lubnów ( Liebenau )
  • Pokój ( Carlsruhe )
  • Siedlice ( Seidlitz )
  • Zawiść ( Zawisc; 1936-45: Winter frame O. S. )
  • Zieleniec (Green Village )

References

Voivodeship (Poland) Vehicle registration plates of Poland Alexander Duncker English landscape garden French formal garden Medaillon (architecture)
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