Chwałowice (German: Chwallowitz) is a district of Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. On December 31, 2013 it had 7,700 inhabitants.[1]
Chwałowice | |
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 Saint Thérèse of Lisieux church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Chwałowice within Rybnik | |
| Coordinates: 50°03′55″N 18°33′17″E / 50.065334°N 18.554854°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County/City | Rybnik |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 7,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | (+48) 032 |
History
editThe village was first mentioned in 1228 as Falevich, and later in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (ca. 1305) as Quelowicz.
After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 986 out of 1,593 voters in Chwałowice voted in favour of joining Poland, against 607 opting for staying in Germany.[2] In 1922 it became a part of Silesian Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic. 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 seat of a gmina. On November 13, 1954 it gained the status of urban-type settlement.[3] and on August 18, 1962 of a town.[4] On May 27, 1975 it was amalgamated with Rybnik.[5]
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Commie blocks at Pukowca Street
See also
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- ^ "Chwałowice" (in Polish). rybnik.eu. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
- ^ "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Rybnik County" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 7 października 1954 r. w sprawie utworzenia osiedli., Dz. U., 1954, vol. 49, No. 253
- ^ Rozporządzenie Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 7 lipca 1962 r. w sprawie utworzenia niektórych miast., Dz. U., 1962, vol. 41, No. 188
- ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 22 maja 1975 r. w sprawie zmiany granic niektórych miast w województwach katowickim i opolskim., Dz. U., 1975, vol. 15, No. 87
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