Pracze Odrzańskie (, , ) is a
district in
Wrocław located in the north-western part of the city. It was established in the territory of the former
Fabryczna
Fabryczna () is a former district of Wrocław located in the western part of the city. Before the changes in 1991, it was the largest district of Wrocław.
Its functions were largely taken over on 8 March 1990 by the Municipal Office of the ...
district.
Name
The first mention of the village under the name of ''Protsch'' comes from a 1318 document in which
Henry VI the Good, Duke of Wrocław, certified that the brothers Konrad, Henry, Tyczko and Jeszlin von Rydeburg sold the village to the brothers Albert and Arnold von Pak. The name was then mentioned as ''Pratsch'' (1321), ''Pratsch'' (1327), ''Pracz'' (1330), ''Pracz'' (1351), ''Protsch'' ''prope
Lesnam'' (1353), ''Procz'' (1360), ''Proitsch'' ''prope Lesnam'' (1425), ''Prache'' (1425), ''Protsch'' ''bey der Lesse'' (1451), ''Protsch'' ''an der
Oder
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'' (1491), ''Proitsch'' (1552), ''Protsch'' (1666–67), ''Protsch'' ''an der Oder'' (1743), ''Herrenprotsch'' (1794), ''Protsch'' ''an der Oder'' (1795), ''Herrnprotsch'' ''auch Protsch an der Oder'' (1830), ''Herrnprotsch – Pracze Odrzańskie, -y -ich, pracki'' (1948).
The name probably comes from the Polish word '' ('washerman'), and is related to the nature of the village, whose inhabitants were responsible for washing the clothes of the nearby
Leśnica manor in the
Middle Ages.
The original name ''Pracze'' was then
Germanized to ''Pratsch''. From the 18th century it appeared as ''Herrnprotsch''. The prefix ''Herrn-'' comes from the German word '' ('lord, owner').
In 1945, after the Polish administration took over the city, the name was mistakenly reconstructed and the settlement was first called ''Bródź''. In 1947 the name was changed to ''Pracze'' and at the same time the distinguishing term ''Odrzańskie'' was added.
As a result of this mistake, the main street leading to the district was called ''Brodzka'', which has been kept to this day.
History
It was first mentioned in 1318, when it was part of medieval
Piast-ruled Poland.
Initially a village, the settlement was incorporated into Breslau (today's Wrocław) in 1928.
In 1991, after reforms in the administrative division of Wrocław, Pracze Odrzańskie became one of the city's 48 districts.
References
{{Districts of Wrocław
Districts of Wrocław