Åšmiechowice, Opole Voivodeship

Śmiechowice ( German Moselache; historically Moselach ) is a village and sołectwo ( mayor's office ) of Gmina Lubsza, Opole Voivodeship in Poland.

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

Geographical Location

Śmiechowice is situated about 10 kilometers northeast of Brzeg ( Brieg ), on the southern edge of a wooded area (las lubszański; historic State Forest: Stoberau ), who through the course of Śmieszka ( Moselache ) is highlighted.

History

The contiguous built-up areas is divided historically into two parts: Old - Moselache in the south and New Moselache in the north. Although both towns go back to the Frederick's colonization of the 18th century in the woods, north of Brieg, the history of the two places took a separate development. The colony Alt- Moselache has already been created before 1750, the founding of the colony of New Moselache took place in 1772 through the city Brieg on municipal land with eight colonists places. The place name is to go back to colonists from the Mosel region. While Alt- Moselache the royal castle and domain Rentamt in Brieg was tributary as a royal possession, was under new Moselache the combing and the country and city court Brieg. The inhabitants of both villages were overwhelmingly Protestant denomination. The parish Tschöplowitz was responsible for alto, the parish small Leubusch for new Moselache.

From 1816 to 1945 New Moselache was a rural community of the district Brieg in the district of Great Leubusch. To September 20, 1897 New Moselache was merged with Tschöplowitz the new rural community Tschöplowitz.

After the occupation by the Red Army in 1945 Moselache was placed under Polish administration, which introduced the place name Śmiechowice. When choosing a name of the German part of the name " laugh " was picked as laughter and - śmiech translated. Thus the place got the patronymic Śmiechowice place names, ie "place of śmiech ".

Population Development

Population development of Moselache in the 19th century:

Footnotes

  • Location of the Opole Voivodeship
Voivodeship (Poland) Powiat Powiat Brzeski Vehicle registration plates of Poland Amtsbezirk
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