Wójtowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Wójtowice ( German: Voigtsdorf also: Vogt village ) is a village in the Polish powiat Kłodzki in Lower Silesia. It belongs to the rural community Bystrzyca Kłodzka, before it is removed seven kilometers west.
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Geography
Wójtowice located on the eastern slope of the mountains Habelschwerdter to which it pulls up along the Kress Bach. Neighboring towns are Huta ( Hüttenguth ) in the north, Zalesie ( Late forest ) in the Northeast, Stara Bystrzyca ( Altweistritz ) in the east, Nowa Bystrzyca ( Neuweistritz ) in the south, Spalona (fire ) in the southwest and Młoty (Hammer) in the west. South-east rises the 598 -meter-high dome Mader ( Łysoń ), southwest of the 784 m high Schlösselkoppe ( Zamkowa Kopa ). Through the town performs a side street, in the Lasowka in the province road 389, which is also known as Sudetenstraße, opens.
History
Voigtsdorf was applied to landesherrlichem reason from Habelschwerdter Vogt and for the first time in 1358 mentioned as " Voytesdorf ". 1411, spelling " Foitsdorf " was used. It was the parish first to Habelschwerdt and belonged to the county of Glatz, with which it shared the story of his political and religious affiliation. Until 1763 it was in possession of the Bohemian royal chamber and consisted of a Domini Alan part and a Freirichtergut.
As in neighboring Habelschwerdt the population turned during the Reformation and the Anabaptists to the Schwenckfeldern, after their ban in 1548 Lutheranism. Presumably, at the initiative of Habelschwerdter preacher Caspar Elogius built the residents of a small wooden church with a burial ground, on Whit Tuesday, in 1566 held the opening sermon at the Caspar Elogius. After the Imperial 1622 the County of Glatz conquered, put a Counter-Reformation measures, as a consequence, the population was re-Catholicised. The wooden church, whose patron saint of the St. Magdalena had been elected, was inaugurated in 1634 as a Catholic church.
After Hubertusburg peace Voigtsdorf fell in 1763, together with the county of Glatz to Prussia. For 1789, a church, a Freirichtergut, a schoolhouse, a water, flour and board mill, 15 farms and 52 gardeners and smallholdings are detected. Among the 315 residents then a baker, two fire Weinbrenner, a blacksmith, a tailor, a shoemaker and a shopkeeper were established.
In 1790, the fort was built north of the village to defend the country against Bohemia, which visited after the completion of Friedrich Wilhelm II and was then referred to as " Fort William ". In 1882 several residents died by a flood, destroyed large parts of the Voigtsdorf. In the 19th century a factory that supplied wood pulp for paper production was made.
As a result of World War II Voigtsdorf fell to Poland and was renamed Wójtowice. The German population was expelled. The newly settled inhabitants were largely displaced persons from eastern Poland. In the postwar years, many houses and farmsteads were abandoned to decay. Thus, the population decreased significantly. 1975-1998 belonged to Wójtowice Voivodeship Wałbrzych.
The Freirichtergut
A portion of Voigt village belonged to Freirichtergut, which included a Kretscham and some gardeners and smallholdings and the Low jurisdiction over the subjects. In 1540 it was owned by Hans Matzke, who sold it in 1548 to Barthel Dittert. From 1571 it belonged to Thomas Scholz, in whose family it remained until 1652. For 1670 as an heir and leisure Judge Martin Prause is detected, the 1702 was succeeded by his son Michael. In 1777 it was the property of Joseph Prokof, and in 1805 it was bought for 3300 Floren Joseph Dinter. Since the transition to Prussia, it was subordinate to the royal Rentamt in Glatz.
Attractions
- The Catholic parish church of St. Mary Magdalene ( Kościół Św. Marii Magdaleny ) was built 1823-1824 on the site of the former wooden church designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel with funds from the Prussian royal family. The building in the style of classicism also served as a church for the occupation of Fort William. The paintings of the high altar, the church patron represents the interior originated from 1832 to 1873.
- Before the rectory are baroque stone crosses.
- The ruins of the Mary Help of chapel from 1869 is located west of the village in the forest.
- At the end of the village is the large, now dilapidated building of the former Freirichterei.
Economy
One of the sources of income of the village, which has excellent hiking and winter sports conditions, is tourism. Wójtowice has about 150 beds in rest homes.