Górażdże
Village
Preschool in Górażdże
Preschool in Górażdże
Górażdże is located in Poland
Górażdże
Górażdże
Górażdże is located in Opole Voivodeship
Górażdże
Górażdże
Coordinates: 50°32′N 18°1′E / 50.533°N 18.017°E / 50.533; 18.017
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyKrapkowice
GminaGogolin
Population
1,100
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOKR

Górażdże [ɡuˈraʐd͡ʐɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gogolin, within Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Gogolin, 9 km (6 mi) north-east of Krapkowice, and 16 km (10 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.

History

Old lime kilns

In the 10th century the area became part of the emerging Polish state, and later on, it was part of Poland, Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia, and Germany. In 1934, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to Waldenstein to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated the E152 and E372 forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[2] After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.

In the 1960s the quarries were expanded in the area due to the increase of the lime production and starting a new lime plant in 1966. In of 1973-1977 a new cement plant (the Górażdże Cement Plant) was built in the nearby village of Chorula, which was one of the largest and technologically advanced in Poland at the time. Currently it is still operated and is part of the Górażdże Group S.A. which is the Polish leader in the cement, concrete, and aggregates production.

Transport

There is a train station in the village, and the Polish A4 motorway runs nearby, southwest of the village.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.



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