Rogoźna

Rogoźna
Żory District

A building, registered as a cultural monument

     Location of Rogoźna within Żory
Coordinates: 50°02′06.713″N 18°39′19.832″E / 50.03519806°N 18.65550889°E / 50.03519806; 18.65550889Coordinates: 50°02′06.713″N 18°39′19.832″E / 50.03519806°N 18.65550889°E / 50.03519806; 18.65550889
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County/City Żory
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) (+48) 032
Website http://www.rogozna.zory.pl/

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

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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