Fosowskie | |
Settlement Type: | District of Kolonowskie |
Coordinates: | 50.67°N 18.372°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Strzelce |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Kolonowskie |
Subdivision Type4: | Town |
Subdivision Name4: | Kolonowskie |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 18th century |
Established Title2: | Within town limits |
Established Date2: | 1973 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | OST |
Fosowskie (de|Vossowska, 1936-45: Vosswalde), also called Wosowska between 1945 and 1948, is a district of the southern Polish town of Kolonowskie, Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, located at the Mała Panew river.
Fosowskie was for most of its history a separate village. It quickly developed in the 19th century, due to steelworks, constructed there in 1790.
The original name Vossowska comes from engineer Arnold Heinrich Voss (1753–1838), who, upon order of Prussian count Filip Colonna, designed both the steelworks and a settlement for the workers. In the second half of the 19th century, the village became a major railroad junction, with several lines crossing there. In 1858 the Opole–Tarnowskie Góry connection was completed. In 1868 the line Fosowskie–Kluczbork–Wrocław was added, in 1894: Fosowskie–Lubliniec–Herby, in 1912: Fosowskie–Strzelce Opolskie and finally in 1913: Fosowskie–Dobrodzień.
During World War II, the Germans operated the E260 and E737 forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in the settlement.[1]
Fosowskie became part of the town of Kolonowskie in 1973.