Rogoźna

Rogoźna (German: Rogoisna) is a district in the south-west of Żory, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

Rogoźna
A building, registered as a cultural monument
  Location of Rogoźna within Żory
Coordinates: 50°02′06.713″N 18°39′19.832″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
County/CityŻory
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)(+48) 032
Websitehttp://www.rogozna.zory.pl/

History

Rogoźna was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Rogosina in una parte decima solvitur more polonico, valet fertonem, in alia parte [que] locatur iure theuthonico habet libertatem.[1][2]

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 240 out of 292 voters in Rogoźna voted in favour of joining Poland, against 49 opting for staying in Germany.[3]

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