Żórawina

Żórawina (German Rothsürben) is a place with 1.900 inhabitants in the Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien in Poland. The place is seat of a municipality, in which 8,020 humans live. Żórawina is appropriate for 14.5 km south of the Breslauer city centre and belongs to the Powiat Wrocławski . By Żórawina the railroad line of Breslau leads the Polish motorway A4 after Strzelin, runs a kilometer northeast the place.

1 history
2 transmitting plant
3 municipality arrangement
4 objects of interest
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history

in the year 1937 took place a renaming in Rothbach.

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transmitting plant

Rothsürben became 1932 location of the realm transmitter Breslau with a transmitting power of 60 KW (later 100 KW) in the medium-wave band. When antenna tower became, as at that time with most German transmission places, a free standing wood tower uses, in which the antenna wire was hung up. With the transmitter Rothsürben was 140 meters high the tower. It carried an octagonal bronze ring with 10.6 meters of diameters on its point for electrical extension. 1940 were established a second transmitting antenna in form of a triangle plane aerial, which to three 49.9 meters was highly Stahlrohrmasten hung up. Both the wood tower and the triangle plane aerial became up to the suspension of service because of the advancing Soviet troops to 7. February 1945 uses. After 1945 on the area, which length and 50°59' northern latitude eastern with 17°01' lie, again a transmitting plant was established, however in form removed 140 meters high transmitting poles for medium wave. This mast carries today numerous antennas for radio services in the UKW - for range. Besides still another second 260 meters high transmitting pole exists. (Source: Archives for the post office and telecommunication system ", No. ) [work on]

municipality arrangement to the greater

Żórawina

belong 5/6, 1973 among other things the localities Jaksonów (Jackschönau), Pasterzyce (Pasterwitz), Przecławice (Prisselwitz) and Szukalice (Tschauchelwitz), in former times an important sugar factory (in parentheses the German place names 1937 ago).

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objects of interest

the old church originates from the year 1278. At the reformation time took place from 1597 - 1602 a change in the style of the late Renaissance. But 1653 were already transferred the church again the catholics. The quite small village church is extremely richly verziert with Epitaphien and Wandmalereien thatRenaissance, in addition are inside lofts and a Loge of the Protestant founder. The exterior is dominated by numerous cultivations to the church ship. Artist on yards emperors Rudolfs II. in Prague important works of art for this church created, among other things a life-large bronze Christ statue of the Netherlands yard sculptor Adriaen de Vries from the year 1603 (today however in the national museum Warsaw) and a copy of the painting the baptism Christi of the yard painter Bartholomäus Spranger from the year 1604, since the original in the national museum Breslau hangs.