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Cisek (german: Czissek, 1935-45: Friedenau ) is an agricultural village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the
File:ChurchinCisek SilesiaPL.jpg, Wayside Chapel is a village landmark.
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gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
(administrative district) called Gmina Cisek
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Gmina Cisek, German Gemeinde Czissek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Cisek (Czissek), which lies approximately south of ...
.
It lies approximately south from Kędzierzyn-Koźle and south-east from the regional capital Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''Opolí''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...
. The village has a population of 1,485.
History
In 1532, it was named as ''Czisky and Cisek''. In 1830, the village had 564 residents and 138 houses. By 1845, it had grown to 760 inhabitants and 129 houses. A Roman Catholic school, founded in 1818, employed one teacher and one assistant teacher. In 1865, the total area of the village was 8.3 km²,037 acres
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According to the census of 1910, the village was inhabited by 1,206 Poles. In the census of 1925, the Polish language was listed as the native tongue of 901 villagers, German was only listed by 64 people, and 343 people were recorded as bilingual.
From 1925 - 1933, a Polish language public school functioned in the village. There was also a branch of the Polish-Catholic School Society. In 1937, the village caused an uproar in the Polish community of Germany due to the county authorities in Koźle denial of a license to suspend the village's newly acquired church tower bells. The bells had been funded by local Polish parishioners. The German authorities had stated that the tower was too weak to hang the heavy bells. Finally, the authorities agreed to suspend the bells after removing the Polish inscription from them which read, "Hail Mary, pray for us." The Union of Poles in Germany also registered two more cases of destruction of Polish inscriptions, which were placed on the roadside crosses, at this time.
In 1997 the village was heavily effected by the Millennium Flood. The flood destroyed nearly all the season's crops and many roads. The village is partnered with both Breitungen
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References
Schmalkalden-Meiningen
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and Körperich
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in Germany.
General statistics
*Population: 1,485 *Population density: 280 people/km² *Area: 5.3 km2 **Forests and forest land: 2 km²50 acres
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ref>Data: GUS 2005
Population trends
Gallery
Bilingual sign
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s at the municipal office
References
Further reading
Popiołka, Stefan, ''Ziemia Kozielska''. Opolskie Zakłady Graficzne. Opole, 1963. {{Gmina Cisek Villages in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County