Kłokocin (german: Klokotschin) is a
district of
Rybnik,
Silesian Voivodeship, southern
Poland. In the late 2013 it had about 2,550 inhabitants.
History
The village was mentioned in a Latin document of
Diocese of Wrocław called ''
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 ...
'' from around 1305 as ''item in Clocochina decima more polonico''.
Politically it belonged initially to the
Duchy of Racibórz, within
feudally fragmentated Poland, ruled by a local branch of the
Silesian Piast dynasty. In 1327 the Upper Silesian duchies became a
fee of the
Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the
Habsburg monarchy
The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...
. After
Silesian Wars it became a part of the
Kingdom of Prussia.
After
World War I in the
Upper Silesia plebiscite 259 out of 281 voters in Kłokocin voted in favour of joining Poland, against 22 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 at the beginning of
World War II. After the war it was restored to Poland.
In years 1945-1954 it was a part of
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 ...
Boguszowice, in 1962 it was absorbed by the town Boguszowice and as part of it, was on May 27, 1975 amalgamated with Rybnik.
References
Districts of Rybnik
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