Bielszowice

Bielszowice (German: Bielschowitz) is a district in the west of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. In 2006 it had an area of 10.6 km2 and was inhabited by 9,505 people.[1] On January 12, 2006 a part of it was split off to form a new district, Czarny Las.

Bielszowice
Ruda Śląska District
Saint Mary Magdalene church
Location of Bielszowice within Ruda Śląska
Coordinates: 50.268508°N 18.834216°E / 50.268508; 18.834216
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
County/CityRuda Śląska
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)(+48) 032

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1452 as Bilechowitz.[2] It was a seat of a Catholic parish in Diocese of Kraków, established probably around 1440.[2] Beginning with the 19th century it was heavily affected by industrial development. Bielszowice Coal Mine was built in years 1896–1904. In 1891 the German state purchased the village from private hands.

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 4,546 out of 6,461 voters in Bielszowice voted in favour of joining Poland, against 1,874 opting for staying in Germany.[3] Afterwards it became a part of Silesian Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic. It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Poland.

Bielszowice constituted a gmina (municipality) that was merged into Nowy Bytom in 1951,[4] and as part of Nowy Bytom was amalgamated with Ruda to form Ruda Śląska on December 31, 1958.[5]

People

References
  1. "Tab. 47 Rozkład dysfunkcji w mieście w latach 2003-2006". Lokalny Program Rewitalizacji Miasta Ruda Śląska na lata 2007-2015 (PDF) (in Polish). Ruda Śląska: Urząd Miasta Ruda Śląska. September 2007. p. 52.
  2. Maroń, Franciszek (1969). "Rozwój sieci parafialnej w diecezji katowickiej aż do końca XV wieku" [The development of a net of parish in Diocese of Katowice until the end of the 15th century]. Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne (in Polish): 120–121.
  3. "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Hindendurg/Zabrze County" (in German). Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  4. Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 17 marca 1951 r. w sprawie zniesienia i zmiany granic niektórych powiatów oraz utworzenia i zmiany granic niektórych miast, stanowiących powiaty miejskie w województwie katowickim., Dz. U. z 1951 r. Nr 18, poz. 147
  5. Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 18 listopada 1958 r. w sprawie utworzenia miasta Ruda Śląska stanowiącego powiat miejski w województwie katowickim., Dz. U. z 1958 r. Nr 69, poz. 342


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