Baranowice (Żory)

For other places with the same name, see Baranowice.

Baranowice (German: Baranowitz) is a rural district (dzielnica) in the municipality of Żory since 1975, in the Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.^[1] Up until 1945, and between 1973 and 1975, it constituted an independent rural district in the historical and geographical region of Upper Silesia. Baranowice encompasses an area of 1,291 hectares and is the largest of all the districts of Żory.

Baranowice German: Baranowitz
Żory District
Partially restored 19th-century palace in Baranowice (2013)
Location of Baranowice within the municipality of Żory
Baranowice Location of Baranowice in Poland
Coordinates: 50°01′07.65″N 18°43′08″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County/City	Żory
Area
• Total	12.91 km2 (4.98 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	(+48) 032
Website	Municipality Zory, District Baranowice

History

The rural district of Baranowitz (Baranowice) is documented as being purchased in 1436 by the Silesian nobleman Nicholaus Szassowski von Szassow,^[2] equally written as Saszowski von Saszow,^[3] and his wife Catherina for 80 Mark, who purchased the rural district from the nobleman Mikundey von Jaikowitz.^[2][4] Baranowitz remained a possession of the House of Saszowski estates until 1540 when it was sold on to the Osinski family, who in 1556 sold Baranowitz to Johann von Trach Brzezie in Alt-Gleiwitz.^[4]

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 176 out of 214 voters in Baranowice voted in favour of joining Poland, against 38 opting to remain in Germany.^[5]

See also

wikimapia: Map of district Baranowice (Baranowitz)

References

1. Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 22 maja 1975 r. w sprawie zmiany granic, Dz. U., 1975, vol. 15, No. 87
2. Augustin, Weltzel (1888). Geschichte der Stadt Sohrau in Oberschlesien [History of the City Sohrau in Upper Silesia] (in German). Sohrau, Upper Silesia: Im Verlag des Magistrats (Publisher of the Magistrates). p. 45.
3. Paprockiego, Bartosza (1584). Herby rycerstwa polskiego [Armorials of Polish Knights] (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwa Biblioteki Polskiej. pp. 710–711, CVII.
4. Duncker, Alexander (1857). Baranowitz: Provinz Schlesien, Regierungs-Bezirk Oppeln, Kreis Rybnik (in: Die ländlichen Wohnsitze, Schlösser und Residenzen der ritterschaftlichen Grundbesitzer in der preußischen Monarchie nebst den Königlichen Familien-, Haus-Fideicommiss- und Schatull-Gütern in naturgetreuen, künstlerisch ausgeführten, farbigen Darstellungen nebst begleitendem Text) [Baranowitz: Province Silesia, Region Opole, District Rybnik (in: The rural residences, palaces and residences of the Prussian nobility, together with the royal family, vacation home, and garden residences in vivid, artistically executed, colorful illustrations with accompanying text)] (PDF) (in German). Vol. 11. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. Retrieved 14 August 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Rybnik County" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-03.