Wykosowo
Wykosowo ( German Vixow, Kashubian Wëkòsewò or Wëkòsowò ) is a village in the municipality Główczyce in powiat Słupski ( Stolp ) of the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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Geographical location
Wykosowo located in Pomerania, about 33 kilometers northeast of the city of Slupsk ( Stolp ) and four kilometers east of the church village Główczyce ( Glowitz ).
History
Wykosowo is mentioned in a document from 1315 in which the Brandenburg Margrave Waldemar the Casimir Swenzo from the noble Swenzonen the possession of the village as a fief Vixow confirmed. Later Vixow came to Stojentin family. 1523 hans Stoientin to Vixsowe called. After Vixow was divided in the 18th century into four parts, which changed hands several times, succeeded Michael Sigismund of Stojentin to unite all four parts in one hand. In 1784 there were in Vixow one large and one small Vorwerk, seven farmers, five Kossäten, five Büdner, a blacksmith, a schoolmaster, on the field mark of the village a water mill and a total of 24 households. At the time, is still spoken mostly in Kashubian Vixow. 1804 Friedrich Ewald von Stojentin the owner of the manor Vixow. 1841 went for 56,000 dollars to a family Wetzel. 1884 Wilhelm Ott was the owner. Subsequently, the material came into possession of the old-established in Pomerania family Heyn. 1910 William Heyn was the owner, in 1938 Joachim Friedrich Heyn. Known members of the Heyn family of Rev. Martin Christian Heyn, author of a book home, and the merchant Otto Johann Christian Heyn.
In 1925 were in Vixow 41 residential buildings. In 1939 lived in Vixow 299 inhabitants in 64 households. In addition to the 822 hectares ( 1938) Well, it was big in Vixow 18 farms. Before 1945 Vixow belonged to the district of Glowitz in the district of Stolp, administrative region of Pomerania Pomerania. The municipal area was 1,071 acres in size. In the town there were two Vixow Locations:
- Vixow
- Vogelsang
Towards the end of World War II occupied on March 9, 1945, the Red Army without a fight the village, the inhabitants had previously fled, but returned on March 11. On March 13, 1945, a larger Soviet troops quartered in Vixow and dismantled the dairy and the distillery. The village stood until 1946 under the administration of a Soviet commander. After that, a Polish administration was established. Vixow was renamed Wykosowo. The houses and farms were taken over by Poland and expelled the German villagers.
99 Come from Vixow villagers were later identified in the Federal Republic of Germany and 124 in East Germany.
The village is now initially powiat Słupski the Pomeranian Voivodeship ( to 1998 Voivodeship Stolp ) become. Here now live about 250 inhabitants.
Church
The villagers before 1945 in Vixow present were Protestant. Vixow belonged to the parish Glowitz and thus to the church Stolp -Altstadt.
School
The existing in Vixow before 1945 elementary school was a single stage. In 1932 there taught a single teacher 61 school children.