Sołtysowice
German: Schottwitz
District of Wrocław
Location of Sołtysowice within Wrocław
Location of Sołtysowice within Wrocław
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
County/CityWrocław
Incorporated into the city1951
Established the modern-day district1991
Population
 (2022)
 • Total4,879
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+48 71
WebsiteOsiedle Sołtysowice

Sołtysowice (Polish pronunciation: [sɔwtɨsɔˈvit͡sɛ], German: Schottwitz, [ˈʃɔtvɪt͡s]) is a district in Wrocław located in the north-eastern part of the city. It was established in the territory of the former Psie Pole district.

Initially a village, the settlement was incorporated into Wrocław in 1951.[2]

Name

The earliest mention of the settlement in a document dates back to 1312, when it was recorded under the name of Schultheschowycz. Later names used in documents were Schuteswicz (1326), Schulteissowicz (1340), Scholteiswicz (1353), Schulteissowitz (1411), Schultewytz (1540), Schotwitz (1652), and Burgweide (1937).[3]

After 1945, the settlement was renamed Sułkowice.[4] It was later changed to Sołtysowice the same year.[3]

History

Researching the local settlement showed that a strongfold had existed since the 12th century. Hertelin of Głogów sold the village to the St. Vincent Monastery in Ołbin, and in 1390 the monastery bought another 3.75 acres from Jan the apothecary from Wrocław.[2]

In 1795 the village had 157 inhabitants, including 2 craftsmen, 24 houses, a farm and an inn. At the beginning of the 19th century. Schottwitz was known for sheep and cattle breeding. In 1845 there were 227 inhabitants, most of them Catholics. There was a manor, 33 houses, an inn, a tailor, a shoemaker and a merchant, and sheep-breeding still predominated. In 1868 the Breslau - Oels railway was opened with a station in Schottwitz, which boosted the economic development in the following period. In 1890 a sugar factory was built near the station. After 1933, a branch of the Breslau Penal and Juvenile Prison was established in the village.[2]

During World War II it became a transit camp (Durchgangslager Breslau-Burgweide), through which about 10,000 prisoners passed. After the Warsaw Uprising, about 1,000 people were brought to the camp, where they stayed for several days. Today there is a memorial stone at the site of the camp.[2]

The settlement became a part of Poland in 1945, and was incorporated into Wrocław in 1951.[2] In 1991, after reforms in the administrative division of Wrocław, Sołtysowice became one of the city's 48 districts.[5]

Today, Sołtysowice is a residential area consisting mainly of single-family houses and low-rise apartment buildings.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Liczba mieszkańców zameldowanych we Wrocławiu w podziale na Osiedla – stan na 31 grudnia 2022 r."{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Wrocławskie osiedle Sołtysowice - Historia osiedla". soltysowice.prv.pl. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  3. 1 2 "Wrocławskie osiedle Sołtysowice". soltysowice.prv.pl. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. 1 2 "Sołtysowice". Bezpartyjny Wrocław (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  5. ↑ "UCHWAŁA NR XX/110/91 RADY MIEJSKIEJ WROCŁAWIA z dnia 20 marca 1991 roku w sprawie podziału Wrocławia na osiedla".
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