Polska Cerekiew
Great Neukirch, Polish Polska Cerekiew, is a village and capital of the same rural community in the powiat Kędzierzyńsko - Kozielski the Opole Voivodeship. Since 2011, the United Neukirch officially bilingual (Polish and German ).
- 2.1 Sons and daughters of the town
History
In 1617 the local parish church was heavily rebuilt by Count Oppersdorff of stone and supplemented in 1767 under Count Anton von Gaschin among other things, a chapel. Polish Neukirch was center of a major rule of the Counts of Gaschin and came to the Barons of Seherr - Thoss later. 1914, the place of Polish Neukirch was renamed United Neukirch. In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921 626 votes were cast ( 81.6 %) to remain with Germany in Polish Neukirch, 141 votes were for connection to Poland. In Gutsbezirk Polish Neukirch there were 92 votes to 2. Consequently, the village remained in the Weimar Republic.
From 1816 to 1945 the United Neukirch belonged to the district of Cosel. Since 1874 there has been a District United Neukirch. In 1928, the United Gutsbezirk Neukirch, until then independent municipal, incorporated in the rural community of Great Neukirch. On January 31, 1936, the municipalities Millowitz and heavy field were incorporated.
After the occupation by the Red Army in 1945 was Great Neukirch as Cerekiew Polska Poland.
Since not all German inhabitants were expelled, could hold a German minority in the area. According to the last census in Poland in 2002 are 22.0 % of the population German, an additional 3.9 % described themselves as " Silesians " and 13.8 % did not specify their nationality. The community thus has the right to introduce German as an auxiliary language, of which they but not yet made use of.
On 29 April 2011, the City also received the official German place names are case Neukirch.
Population Development
The population figures of Polish Neukirch (including Gutsbezirk ):
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Hans Piontek (1876-1930), German officer, Governor of the province of Upper Silesia 1924-1930
Community
The rural community of Great Neukirch covers an area of 60.24 km ² with about 4,500 inhabitants. The municipality following districts include:
- Czienskowitz ( Ciężkowice; 1934-1945 gravity field )
- Dzielau ( Dzielawy; 1936-1945 part Bach)
- Great Neukirch ( Polska Cerekiew )
- Grzendzin ( Grzędzin; 1936-1945 border castle )
- Jaborowitz ( Jaborowice; 1935-1945 Holder field )
- Small Ellguth ( Ligota Mała )
- Koza ( Heinrichsdorf )
- Lanietz ( Łaniec; 1936-1945 Hirschgraben )
- Mierzenzin ( Mierzęcin 1939-1945 Friedrichsdorf )
- Puhlau ( polowa )
- Sakrau ( Zakrzów 1936-1945 Rose reason)
- Witoslawitz ( Witosławice; 1930-1936 Witoslawitz; 1936-1945 Wiesenstein )
- Wronin ( Wronin; 1936-1945 Four ravens )
Footnotes
Birawa / Bierawa | Czissek / Cisek | Kędzierzyn -Koźle ( Kędzierzyn - Cosel ) | Pawłowiczki ( Pawlowitzke ) | Large Neukirch / Polska Cerekiew | Reinsch Village / Renska Wies
- Gmina in the Opole Voivodeship
- Powiat Kędzierzyńsko - Kozielski
- Location of the Opole Voivodeship