Åšmicz
Schmitsch (Polish: Śmicz ) is a town in Upper Silesia. Schmitsch located in the municipality Zülz ( Biała) in Prudnicki powiat (district Neustadt OS) in the Polish Opole Voivodeship.
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Geography
Geographical Location
Schmitsch located five kilometers northwest of the municipality seat Zülz, 11 kilometers north of the county town of Prudnik ( Neustadt OS) and 36 kilometers southwest of the Opole voivodship ( Opole ).
Neighboring towns
Neighboring towns of Schmitsch in the West Ścinawa Mała ( Steinau ), in the north Podlesie ( Waldeck ) and Plešnica ( Plieschnitz ), in the northeast Grabine ( Grabina ) and Ottok ( Otoki ), to the east Waschelwitz ( Wasiłowice ) and Zülz and south Mühlsdorf ( Milowice ) and Kohldorf ( Kolnowice ).
History
The town was first mentioned in 1233. 1333 a parish church in the village was first mentioned. Around the turn of the century from the 19th to the 20th century, the spelling of Schmitsch in Schmietsch was changed.
In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921 Schmitsch was outside the voting area. On 2 July 1936, the town was renamed in Lößtal. By 1945, the place was in the district of Neustadt OS
In 1945 the previously German place under Polish administration and renamed Śmicz and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950, the city came to Opole Voivodeship and is part of the powiat are 1999 Prudnicki. On 6 March 2006 the German Schmitsch was in the community Zülz, plays, introduced as a second official language. On 24 November 2008, the City also received the official German place names Schmitsch.
Sights and Monuments
- The parish church of St. Catherine was built in 1750 after a design by the architect Johann Innocent Töpper. The main altar painting Martyrdom of St.. Catherine comes from Franz Anton Sebastini. 1839, the tower was changed.
- Wooden storage from the 19th century.
- Several chapels
- Crossroads
- Monument to the Fallen
Clubs
- German Friendship Circle