Twardawa
Twardawa (Polish: Twardawa ) is a town in Upper Silesia. Twardawa located in the municipality Oberglogau ( Głogówek ) in Prudnicki powiat (district Neustadt OS) in the Polish Opole Voivodeship.
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Geography
Geographical Location
Twardawa is located nine kilometers east of the parish seat Oberglogau, 30 kilometers east of the county town of Prudnik ( Neustadt OS) and 37 kilometers south of the Opole voivodship ( Opole ).
West of the creek flows Twardawa Straduna, a tributary of the Oder. North of the railway line from Twardawa Prudnik ( Neustadt OS) runs after Koźle ( Cosel ), which has in place a breakpoint.
Neighboring towns
Neighboring towns of Twardawa are in the northwest Rosnochau ( Rozkochów ), in the northeast of the hamlet Malkowitz ( Malkowice ) and Dobersdorf ( Dobieszowice ), to the east of the hamlet Marienhof ( Marianków ) and nettle joke ( Pokrzywnica ), in the south Trawniki ( Trawnig ) and in the southwest sister joke ( Zwiastowice ).
History
The village was mentioned in the September 8, 1223 for the first time in a written document in Leubus as " Tuardova ". In this document, Lawrence, Bishop of Breslau certain, at the request of the Abbot of Günther Leubus the parish of St. Mary's Church to Casimir, the Twardawa has been assigned. The village was mentioned in the 1295 Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis documented as " Twardowa ". On 13 July 1305 the church was mentioned in the first place. 1603 Georg Twardawa was the owner of the Patronatsdominiums. The oldest entries in the parish chronicle date from the year 1629. 1835 the Vorwerk Marienhof was created. 1865 was one of the place along with the colony Malkowitz 21 farmers, 33 Gardener and eight smallholdings. At this time, the place had a two-class school with 125 students.
In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921 362 voters voted to remain in Germany and 86 for the membership of Poland, in Gutsbezirk Twardawa 112 people voted for Germany and two for Poland. Twardawa remained with the German Reich. 1933 lived 1035 inhabitants in the town. On 15 June 1936, the town was renamed in Hartenau. 1939, the place had 979 inhabitants. By 1945, the place was in the district of Neustadt OS
In 1945 the previously German place under Polish administration, was renamed Twardawa and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950, the city came to Opole Voivodeship and since 1999 he is part of the re-established powiat Prudnicki. On 22 April 2009 German was in the community Oberglogau who belongs Twardawa, introduced as a second official language. On 1 December 2009, the City also received the official German place names Twardawa.
Sights and Monuments
- Catholic church of the 17th century with a bell tower from the year 1799.
- Castle from the 19th century in classical style
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- Wayside chapel
- Chapel
- Roadside crosses
- Monument to the Fallen
- Station building from 1905
- Cemetery with many historic grave stones and Mausoleum