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Coordinates:50.4833N17.7833E

Dziedzice[d d it s],GermanSedschtzisa villageintheadministrativedistrictofGmina Strzeleczki(GemeindeKleinStrehlitz),within KrapkowiceCounty,OpoleVoivodeship,insouth westernPolishregionofUpperSilesia.[1]Itlies approximately7kilometres(4mi)westofStrzeleczki, 14km(9mi)westofKrapkowice,and23km(14mi) southwestoftheregionalcapitalOpole. Before1945theareawaspartofGermany(see TerritorialchangesofPolandafterWorldWarII). Since2006thevillage,liketherestofthecommune, hasbeenbilingualinGermanandPolish. Thevillagehasapopulationof450people.

Dziedzice Sedschtz
Village

Dziedzice Sedschtz

History
Coordinates:5029N1747E

Theoriginsof Country thevillageare Voivodeship notknown.It County wasfirst Gmina mentionedin Population 1531,andits nameis believedtoderivefromthe nameofitsfounder.[2]In 1783thetownwasboughtby KingFredericktheGreatof Prussia.

Poland Opole Krapkowice Strzeleczki 450

IntheUpperSilesiaplebiscite of20March1921,541 villagersvotedtoremainwith Germanyand321votedto jointhenewlycreatedstateof Poland.[3]Asaresult, Oldseall WarMemorial Sedschtzremainedin Germany.In1933thevillage had1092inhabitants,andby1939ithadgrowntoapopulationof1156.Before1945itbelongedtothe districtofLandkreisNeustadtO.S..

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In1945SilesiawasgiventoPolandandtheGermanpopulationofSedschtzwaslargelyexpelled.Thetown wasrenamedDziedziceandannexedtothenewlycreatedSilesianVoivodeship.In1950itwasreassignedto OpoleVoivodeship,andin1999reassignedfromPrudnikCounty(formerlyNeustadtO.S.)toKrapkowice County.On17May2006theentirecommuneofStrzelecki/KleinStrehlitzwasdeclaredbilingualinGerman andPolish,andon24November2008theoldnameGermannameSedschtzwasalsomadeofficial. InthecenterofthetownisamemorialtotheGermansoldiersfromSedschtzkilledinWorldWarIandII amongthese,38werekilledinWWIand47inWWII.

References
1. ^"CentralStatisticalOffice(GUS)TERYT(NationalRegisterofTerritorialLandApportionmentJournal)" (http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa)(inPolish).20080601. 2. ^"Officialwebsite"(http://www.strzeleczki.pl/cms/php/strona.php3? cms=cms_strze&lad=a&id_dzi=11&id_dok=35&id_men=11&powrot=1&slowo_szuk=&gdzie_szuk=&id_men_sz uk=0)(inPolish). 3. ^ResultsoftheUpperSilesiaplebiscite(inGerman)(http://home.arcor.de/oberschlesien bw/abstimmung/neustadt.htm)

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