Witów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Witów ( German Nerbotin; 1937-1945: Markrode ) is a village in the powiat Kłodzki in the Province of Lower Silesia in Poland. It belongs to the rural community Lewin Kłodzki and is located five kilometers west of Duszniki - Zdrój.
Geography
Witów lies in the west of the boiler Glatzer south of the European route 67 between Levin and Kłodzki Jawornica. Neighboring towns are Kulin Kłodzki in the northeast, Zielone in the east, and Jawornica Zimne Vody in the southeast, Jerzykowice Małe in the south, and Kocioł Krzyżanów the southwest, Lewin Kłodzki in the west and Leśna in the northwest.
History
The first mention of Nerbotin that was gepfarrt to the parish church of St. Michael in Lewin, took place in 1477, when it was on a list of belonging to the reign Hummel villages as Norbethin. Other spellings were Nerbotin and Neuboczin ( 1560), Merbotin ( 1598 ) and again in 1631 Nerbothin. The name should be derived from the Czech " Nero messenger ", meaning robot free or not frondienstpflichtig. 1477 the previously independent rule Hummel was Henry the Elder. connected to the County of Glatz. 1561 acquired the Bohemian sovereign dominion Hummel. Even after its dissolution in 1595 the corresponding localities initially remained in the possession of the royal chamber. This sold Nerbotin 1684 the owner of the domain Rückers, Johann of Hartig Isaias.
After the Silesian Wars Nerbotin came together with the county of Glatz in 1763 with the Peace of Hubertusburg to Prussia. 1793 consisted of 15 houses, in which 97 people lived. After the reorganization of Prussia belonged since 1815 to the province of Silesia and was from 1816 to 1945 the county Glatz incorporated. It formed its own rural community and belonged to the district of Tassau. In 1937 it was renamed the Markrode. 1939 counted 100 inhabitants. As a result of World War II Nerbotin / Markrode 1945 as almost all of Silesia was lost to Poland and was initially renamed Nerbocin and later in Witów. The German population was expelled. The new inhabitants were partly displaced persons from eastern Poland. Subsequently, the population fell to less than a fifth. Thus most of the houses were left to decay. 1975-1998 belonged to Witów Voivodeship Wałbrzych.
Attractions
- Stone crossroads with hl. Mary