Sośnicowice

Sośnicowice [sɔɕɲit͡sɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (German: Kieferstädtel) is a town in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,919 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Gmina Sośnicowice, which has been officially bilingual in Polish and German since 2013.[2]

Sośnicowice
Kieferstädtel
Central square
Central square
Flag of SośnicowiceKieferstädtel
Flag
Coat of arms of SośnicowiceKieferstädtel
Coat of arms
SośnicowiceKieferstädtel is located in Poland
SośnicowiceKieferstädtel
Sośnicowice
Kieferstädtel
Coordinates: 50°17′0″N 18°32′0″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyGliwice
GminaSośnicowice
First mentioned1305
Government
 • MayorLeszek Kołodziej
Area
 • Total11.68 km2 (4.51 sq mi)
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
 (2019-06-30[1])
 • Total1,919
 • Density160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
44-153
Car platesSGL
ClimateCfb
Websitehttp://www.sosnicowice.pl/

Geography

Sośnicowice is located in Upper Silesia on the Kłodnica and Bierawka rivers on the western edge of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, about 8 km southwest of the center of Gliwice.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1305 when it was part of the Duchy of Opole.

In 1526 the town, as part of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, fell under Habsburg rule. In the same year, Emperor Ferdinand I had the town rebuilt and founded, for which the forest had been cleared by residents who immigrated from Bohemia. Until the 16th century, the town belonged to the Duchy of Opole, after which it passed into the possession of various noble families. Soon afterwards, the Reformation took hold in the city, after which the parish church was taken over by the Protestants in 1555, in whose hands it remained until 1679. With the Counter-Reformation of the Habsburgs, the city was re-Catholicized. The town was devastated during the Thirty Years' War in 1626.

The town became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742, after the First Silesian War. During the Seven Years' War from 1756 to 1763, it was burned to the ground. In January 1871, the town, known in German as Kieferstädtel became part of the German Empire and was located in the Tost-Gleiwitz district in the Prussian Province of Silesia. In the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, 78.3% of the residents of Kieferstädtel voted to remain in Germany.[3] During the Kristallnacht in 1938, the wooden buildings on the small Jewish cemetery southeast of Kieferstädtel were burned down. At that time, however, there were no longer any Jews living in the town.

Towards the end of World War II, the town was captured by the Red Army on January 27, 1945. After the end of the war, the town was part of the region that became part of Poland under the terms of the Potsdam Agreement.

Points of interest
Palace in Sośnicowice built in 1755
Saint James Church

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Sośnicowice.

See also

References
  1. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  2. "Deutsche Minderheit in Polen - Zweisprachige Ortsschilder in Kieferstädtel!". 2016-12-28. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  3. "Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier in Karlsruhe". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

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