Żyrowa

Żyrowa ( German: Zyrowa, ( 1936-1945 Buchenhöh ) ) is a town in Upper Silesia. Żyrowa located in the municipality Zdzieszowice ( Deschowitz ) in the powiat Krapkowicki in Polish Opole Voivodeship.

Geography

Geographical Location

Żyrowa is located four kilometers north of the parish seat Zdzieszowice eleven kilometers east of the county town of Krapkowice ( Krappitz ) and 28 kilometers southeast from the Opole voivodship.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1302. On March 13, 1631 acquired Melchior Ferdinand of Gaschin the place.

In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921 140 voters voted to remain in Germany and 126 for Poland. In Gutsbezirk Zyrowa 130 people voted for Germany and 39 for Poland .. Zyrowa remained with the German Reich. 1933 lived 734 inhabitants in the village. On July 21, 1936, the town was renamed in Buchenhöh. 1939, the place had 832 inhabitants. By 1945, the place was in the district of Great Strehlitz.

In 1945 the previously German place under Polish administration and renamed Żyrowa and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950, the city came to Opole Voivodeship. In 1999 the place to re-founded powiat Krapkowicki.

Attractions

• Castle
• St. Nicholas Church, built around the year 1300

Sons and daughters of the town

• Walter Migula (* 1863, † 1938), German botanist