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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
Flag Coat of arms
Sośnicowice Kieferstädtel
Coordinates: 50°17′0″N 18°32′0″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Gliwice
Gmina	Sośnicowice
First mentioned	1305
Government
• Mayor	Leszek Kołodziej
Area
• Total	11.68 km2 (4.51 sq mi)
Elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population  (2019-06-30[1])
• Total	1,919
• Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	44-153
Car plates	SGL
Climate	Cfb
Website	http://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 region was placed under Polish administration by the Soviet Union. Subsequently, the influx of Polish migrants into the area began.

Points of interest

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Sośnicowice.

See also

• Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis endowments of the Bishopric of Wrocław

References

External links

• Official website at Sosnicowice.pl
• Jewish Community in Sośnicowice on Virtual Shtetl

Media related to Sośnicowice at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Kieferstädtel

Kieferstädtel, polnisch Sośnicowice ([.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}sɔˈɕnitsovʲitsɛ]) ist eine Stadt im Powiat Gliwicki (Landkreis Gleiwitz) in der polnischen Woiwodschaft Schlesien und zählt rund 1700 Einwohner. Sie ist Hauptort der gleichnamigen Stadt- und Landgemeinde, die seit 2013 offiziell zweisprachig ist (Polnisch und Deutsch).[2]

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- [en] Sośnicowice

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[ru] Сосницовице

Сосницовице (польск. Sośnicowice, нем. Kieferstädtel) — город в Польше, входит в Силезское воеводство, Гливицкий повят. Имеет статус городско-сельской гмины. Занимает площадь 11,68 км². Население — 1776 человек (на 2004 год).

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