Radłów, Opole Voivodeship
Radlau (Polish Radłów ) is a 600 people inhabit this village in the powiat Oleski the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. Radlau main town of the municipality of the same country with around 4,500 inhabitants, which is officially bilingual since 2006 (Polish and German ).
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 Coat of Arms
- 6.1 External links
- 6.2 footnotes
Geography
Geographical Location
Radlau located in the center of the same rural community in the northeast of the Opole Voivodeship, about 10 kilometers northeast of the county town Olesno (Rosenberg OS ) and 40 km north- west of Częstochowa on the Silesian Upland. The northern boundary of the municipality marks the boundary of Upper Silesia to Little Poland. The largest rivers of the municipality is the Prosna, which rises north of Radlau, near the hamlet Want Chin / Wolęcin. Another river called Dimmers, rises in the municipality.
Expansion of the municipal district
The municipality covers an area of 116.73 km ². 59.3 % is used for agricultural purposes, forests occupy 34.5 % and especially the south of the township one. Radlau forms a mayor's office in the municipality, which includes the settlement of Old Karmunkau (Polish: Stare Karmonki ) belongs.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities Radlaus are in the north Rudniki, in the east Krzepice, in the south and in the west Olesno Gorzow Slaski ( Landsberg OS).
History
Little is handed down through the history Radlaus, but the old Radlauer Hospital, a log cabin from 1660, which was translocated into the Museum of Opole Village in Bierkowice is an important historical monument. From the first sources of the 18th century shows that in the small village Radlau was a school. Traditionally Radlau is inhabited almost entirely by Catholics, which is Radlau branch of the parish of St. Matthew in the district Sternalitz. In 1928, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church ( kościół Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa ) was built in Radlau.
1742 was Radlau part of Prussia and in 1816 the district of Rosenberg OS assigned. As of 1853, the region was in possession of the Prussian royal family. The western part of the village, the former colony is Kolpnitz ( 82 inhabitants in 1861 ), which has risen over time in Radlau.
After the First World War, a referendum on further government affiliation was held in 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was accompanied by violent clashes. In Radlau 147 votes were cast ( 39.8 %) to remain with Germany, 222 ( 60.2 %) voted for the annexation to Poland. The tuning circuit Rosenberg had, however, a majority voted in favor of Germany, which is why Radlau remained in the Weimar Republic.
As part of the local renaming, which were carried out in 1935 by the Nazis in Silesia, 1936 Radlaus historical name was replaced by Radel village. In 1945 the place as Radłów part of Poland.
After the Second World War, the importance Radlaus enlarged compared with the current districts. Originally part of the gmina Sternalitz, 1952, the parish seat was moved to Radlau. 1973 was formed from the Gromadas Radlau, Kostellitz and the villages Wichrau and New Karmunkau the community Radlau. Today Radlau is the geographic center of the community and here you will find the communal institutions. In terms of population it is the third, and in contrast to the hamlets Kostellitz, Biskupice / Bischdorf and Sternalitz it does not have its own parish.
According to the last census in Poland from 2002 belong to 28.05% of the municipality population of the German minority, further 12.3% identified themselves as Silesians. The share of German origin but is probably much higher, not least because 549 people (11.8%) did not indicate their nationality. According to the Polish minority law of 2005, the church was founded in 2006 Radlau officially bilingual, and in 2007 a community decision to set up bilingual road signs were approved by the Ministry of Interior. On September 12, 2008, Radlau the first municipality in Poland on bilingual place-name signs.
Population Development
The population figures of Radlau after the relevant territorial status ( recent figures relate to the whole rural community ):
Policy
Coat of arms
Blazon: The coat of arms depicts in green with a silver plow.
In this form, the coat of arms was introduced in 2001. It is a canting arms, as the place name derives from the word Rádlo ( = plow ). The green color of the shield represents the importance of agriculture in the community.
Education
In Radlau the community library, a village hall ( Ośrodek Kultury ), a kindergarten and a middle school ( gimnazjum ) are located.
Community
The rural community Radlau counts over an area of 116.73 km ² approximately 4,500 inhabitants and is divided into the following districts:
The rural municipality includes three other villages that do not have the status of a hamlet ( sołectwo ): Street jug / Biskupskie Drogi, Psurow / Psurów and old Karmunkau / Stare Karmonki.