Views of Folwark: buildings, pond, fields and a sunflower
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Pofyrtane dzieje Folwarku / The history of Folwark

The 18 parts

  1. Part IPofyrtane dzieje FolwarkuA short history of Silesia, Opole and Folwark through the ages. From the Celts and Germanic peoples and late Roman times to the Migration Period. The first Slavs in Europe. Silesia from Mieszko I to Władysław II “Wygnaniec”.
  2. Part IIFrom the “Testament” of Bolesław “Krzywousty” in 1138 until Opole ceased to be a village and the town began
  3. Part IIIFrom “Wygnaniec” to Bolko I of Opole
  4. Part IVThe beginnings of settlement under German law
  5. Part VThe first record of the inhabitants of Folwark, 1566!
  6. Part VIAll about the “first known Folwarczanie”
  7. Part VIIThe first Habsburgs in Opole
  8. Part VIIIAbout our emperors
  9. Part IXBad times are coming
  10. Part XThe bad times have come
  11. Part XIWallenstein and Mansfeld in Oppeln
  12. Part XIIThe end of the Thirty Years' War
  13. Part XIIIReturn to the Habsburgs
  14. Part XIVMolitory, Scholtze, Tabernatory and others in our parish
  15. Part XVEmperor Charles VI, the last Habsburg, and at the end puzzles in Gothic script
  16. Part XVIEmpress Maria Theresa and Frederick II the Great
  17. Part XVIIFrederick II the Great - “The Folwarczanie became Prussians”
  18. Part XVIIIA new war (the Seven Years' War)(page under construction)

The oldest find in our Folwark

Clay vessel, Corded Ware, at the exhibition in the Muzeum Śląska Opolskiego
From the period 4500-1700 BC, “Corded Ware – Neolithic”. Photo of 16.10.2009 at the exhibition in the Muzeum Śląska Opolskiego

4. Archaeological site in Chrzowice. From the period 4500-1700 BC. Area 90-37, site 81. Sand pit on Wiktor Gielnik's field. During sand extraction settlement traces from the period of the “Corded Ware – Neolithic” culture were discovered. In July 1961 a pot was found, 12 cm high, rim diameter 11 cm, base diameter 7 cm. It is listed in the register as “Decorated vessel”. It was handed over to the Muzeum Śląska Opolskiego by Stanisław Kornek. (Stanik Jakubów)

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