Włóczno

Włóczno

Włóczno

Village in Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Włóczno [vvutʃnɔ] (German: Achthuben, Silesian: Włōczno) is a former village that today forms part of the village of Szybowice in the administrative district of Gmina Prudnik, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Prudnik and 48 km (30 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole. Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land.

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1930 map of the village

A 19th-century house in the village was added to the Registry of Cultural Property on June 10, 1966.[2]

History

The village was founded, probably in the 13th century, as a forest village that was one of several German settlements in Upper Silesia.[3] The region was part of the Duchy of Poland and subsequently the Kingdom of Poland until the 14th century, when it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Bohemia. In 1742 it became part of the Kingdom of Prussia and in 1871, of the German Empire. Achthuben was the property of a monastery in Nysa (Neisse) until the early 19th century.[4] It had a population of 395 in 1845,[4] 366 in 1885,[5] and 243 in 1933.[6] On January 4, 1939, it became part of Schnellewalde, now Szybowice.[6] In 1945, after the defeat of Germany in World War II, it again became part of Poland. By an act of the Sejm, it was renamed to Włóczno in June 1948.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [2]
    "Wykaz obiektów zabytkowych nieruchomych wpisanych do rejestru zabytków województwa opolskiego" (PDF) (item 2379) (in Polish). Opolski Wojewódzki Konserwator Zabytków. 30 November 2018. p. 159. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-16.
  3. [3]
    Walter Kuhn (1954). Siedlungsgeschichte Oberschlesiens (in German). Würzburg: Oberschleisischer Heimatverlag. p. 66. OCLC 7480437.
  4. [4]
    Johann G. Knie (1845). Alphabetisch-statistisch-topographische Uebersicht der Dörfer, Flecken, Städte und andern Orte der Königl. preuss. Provinz Schlesien (in German) (2nd ed.). Breslau: Graß, Barth & Co. p. 1. OCLC 17990713.
  5. [5]
    Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen: auf Grund der Materialien der Volkszählung vom 1. Dezember 1885 und anderer amtlicher Quellen (in German). Vol. 6 Provinz Schlesien. Berlin: Verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Bureaus. 1887. pp. 442–43. OCLC 257483962.
  6. [6]
    Michael Rademacher. "Landkreis Neustadt in Oberschlesien (poln. Prudnik)". Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte (in German). Archived from the original on 2009-02-07.
  7. [7]
    "M.P. 1948 nr 59 poz. 363: Rozporządzenie Ministrów Administracji Publicznej i Ziem Odzyskanych z dnia 1 czerwca 1948 r. o przywróceniu i ustaleniu urzędowych nazw miejscowości". Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych (in Polish). Sejm.
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