Powidzko

Powidzko ( German Powitzko, 1937-1945: Oberurdorf ) is a village in the municipality Żmigród in powiat Trzebnicki the Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship is located about five kilometers south-east of today's Żmigród and has about 200 inhabitants.

By 1945 German, the village lost its Slavic name in the course of Germanization of the Silesian place name in the time of National Socialism. For many centuries, the village belonged to the freight complex of domination Trachenberg, which was owned by the family Hatzfeldt since the 17th century.

The manor had Powitzko the area of ​​178 ha, including 137 acre, 23 meadows and pastures 7.

On January 9, 1658 died, the imperial field marshal Melchior Count of Hatzfeld, lord of Trachenberg.

Attractions

  • Village Church of the Holy John the Baptist, built 1787-88, Baroque and Classicism, with a medieval wooden crucifix;
  • In the vicinity of the village: frontier post of the free registry dominions Trachenberg Militsch and the possessions of the monastery Trzebnica.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Carl Christoph von Hoffmann ( * August 6, 1735; † January 9, 1801 ), Prussian Privy Councillor and Chancellor of the University of Halle
Voivodeship (Poland) Trzebnica County Vehicle registration plates of Poland Germanisation Prusice
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