Chwałowice (german: Chwallowitz) is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of
Rybnik,
Silesian Voivodeship, southern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. On December 31, 2013 it had 7,700 inhabitants.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1228 as ''Falevich'', and later in the
Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis
Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis ( pl, Księga uposażeń biskupstwa wrocławskiego, ''Book of endowments of the Bishopric of Wrocław'') is a Latin manuscript catalog of documents compiled in the later 13th or in the early 14th centu ...
(ca. 1305) as ''Quelowicz''.
After
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
in the
Upper Silesia plebiscite
The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty and carried out on 20 March 1921 to determine ownership of the province of Upper Silesia between Weimar Germany and Poland. The region was ethnically mixed with bot ...
986 out of 1,593 voters in Chwałowice voted in favour of joining Poland, against 607 opting for staying in Germany. In 1922 it became a part of
Silesian Voivodeship,
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...
. They were then annexed by
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
at the beginning of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. After the war it was restored to Poland.
In years 1945-1954 it was a seat of a
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
. On November 13, 1954 it gained the status of
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
. and on August 18, 1962 of a town. On May 27, 1975 it was amalgamated with Rybnik.
Gallery
Chwalowice I II VIII.jpg, Coal mine
File:Rybnik,_Chwałowice,_ulica_1_Maja_tyły_03.jpg, Familok
Familok is a type of house for many families, designed for workers of the heavy industry, mainly coal miners, built at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century in the cities and towns of Silesia.
"Familok" is a Silesian way ...
s
Rybnik,_Chwałowice,_poczta.jpg, Post office
FIle:Rybnik,_Chwałowice,_Szkoła_Podstawowa_nr_13.jpg, Elementary school
Rybnik, Chwałowice, nowe osiedle, ulica Pukowca 02.jpg, Commie blocks at Pukowca Street
See also
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Chwałowice Coal Mine
References
Districts of Rybnik
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