Pracze Odrzańskie
German: Herrnprotsch
District of Wrocław
Location of Pracze Odrzańskie within Wrocław
Location of Pracze Odrzańskie within Wrocław
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
County/CityWrocław
Incorporated into the city1928
Established the modern-day district1991
Population
 (2022)
 • Total6,045
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+48 71
WebsiteOsiedle Pracze Odrzańskie

Pracze Odrzańskie (Polish pronunciation: [ˈprat͡ʂɛ odˈʐaɲskjɛ], German: Herrnprotsch, [hɛɐ̯nˈpʁɔt͡ʃ]) is a district in Wrocław located in the north-western part of the city. It was established in the territory of the former Fabryczna district.

Initially a village, the settlement was incorporated into Breslau (today's Wrocław) in 1928.[2]

Name

The first mention of the village under the name of Protsch comes from a 1318 document in which Henry VI the Good, Duke of Wrocław, certified that the brothers Konrad, Henry, Tyczko and Jeszlin von Rydeburg sold the village to the brothers Albert and Arnold von Pak.[3] The name was then mentioned as Pratsch (1321), Pratsch (1327), Pracz (1330), Pracz (1351), Protsch prope Lesnam (1353), Procz (1360), Proitsch prope Lesnam (1425), Prache (1425), Protsch bey der Lesse (1451), Protsch an der Oder (1491), Proitsch (1552), Protsch (1666–67), Protsch an der Oder (1743), Herrenprotsch (1794), Protsch an der Oder (1795), Herrnprotsch auch Protsch an der Oder (1830), Herrnprotsch – Pracze Odrzańskie, -y -ich, pracki (1948).[4]

The name probably comes from the Polish word 'pracz' ('washerman'), and is related to the nature of the village, whose inhabitants were responsible for washing the clothes of the nearby Leśnica manor in the Middle Ages.[5] The original name Pracze was then Germanized to Pratsch. From the 18th century it appeared as Herrnprotsch. The suffix -herrn comes from the German word 'Herr' ('lord, owner').[4]

In 1945, after the Polish administration took over the city, the name was mistakenly reconstructed and the settlement was first called Bródź. In 1947 the name was changed to Pracze and at the same time the distinguishing term Odrzańskie was added.[5] As a result of this mistake, the main street leading to the district was called Brodzka, which has been kept to this day.

History

In 1991, after reforms in the administrative division of Wrocław, Pracze Odrzańskie became one of the city's 48 districts.[6]

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. ↑ "Pracze Odrzańskie". Bezpartyjny Wrocław (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  3. ↑ Antkowiak, Zygmunt (1991). Wrocław od A do Z. Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków: Ossolineum. p. 271. ISBN 83-04-03723-8.
  4. 1 2 Nazwy miejscowe Polski : historia, pochodzenie, zmiany. Vol. 9, Po–Q. pod red. Kazimierza Rymuta i Barbary Czopek-Kopciuch. Kraków: Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN. 2013. p. 231. ISBN 978-83-64007-04-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. 1 2 Antkowiak, Zygmunt (1973). Stare i nowe osiedla Wrocławia. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 174.
  6. ↑ "UCHWAŁA NR XX/110/91 RADY MIEJSKIEJ WROCŁAWIA z dnia 20 marca 1991 roku w sprawie podziału Wrocławia na osiedla".
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