Olesno

Coordinates: 50°52′30″N 18°25′0″E / 50.87500°N 18.41667°E / 50.87500; 18.41667
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For other places, see Olesno, Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Oleśno.
Olesno
Aerial view of Olesno
Aerial view of Olesno
Car plates
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Websitehttp://www.olesno.pl/

Olesno[a] is a town in Opole Voivodship, Poland about 42 kilometres (26 mi) north-east of the city of Opole. It is the capital of Olesno County and seat of the Gmina Olesno.

History

Preserved parts of the medieval town walls

The area near the ancient

fiefdom of the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1327 and was finally incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire by Charles IV in 1355, however, it remained under the rule of local Polish dukes within the Duchy of Opole until its dissolution in 1532.[2] The town suffered during the Thirty Years' War, and in 1645 it returned to Poland under the House of Vasa until 1666, when it fell again to Bohemia.[2]

In 1708 it was hit by a

Upper Silesia plebiscite of 20 March 1921 3,286 inhabitants voted to remain in Germany, 473 for Poland. Thus Rosenberg remained part of the Weimar Republic.[3] The Volksbote f. d. Kreise Kreuzburg u. Rosenberg was published as a local newspaper in Rosenberg. After the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the German authorities arrested local Polish activists.[4] On 21 January 1945 it was taken by the Soviet
troops of the 5th Guards Army.

The Olesno Regional Museum was founded in 1960.[5]

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Olesno.

Gallery

  • Town hall at the Market Square
    Town hall at the Market Square
  • Corpus Christi church
    Corpus Christi church
  • Wooden Saint Anne church, built in 1518, expanded in 1668-1670
    Wooden Saint Anne church, built in 1518, expanded in 1668-1670
  • Gothic Church of Saint Michael Archangel
    Gothic Church of Saint Michael Archangel

Notes

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References

  1. ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Rys historyczny". Urząd Miejski w Oleśnie (in Polish). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. ^ Ergebnisse der Volksabstimmung Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Andrzej Kurek, Niemieckie więzienia sądowe na Śląsku w czasach Trzeciej Rzeszy, Kraków, 2007, p. 143–144 (in Polish)
  5. ^ "Oleskie placówki kultury". Urząd Miejski w Oleśnie (in Polish). Retrieved 13 February 2020.

External links

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