Sulików, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Explained

Sulików
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Zgorzelec
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Sulików
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1234
Coordinates:51.0758°N 15.0669°W
Pushpin Map:Poland Lower Silesian Voivodeship#Poland
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:DZG
Population Total:2014

Sulików (German: Schönberg) is a village (former town) in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Sulików, close to the Czech border.

It lies approximately 10km (10miles) south-east of Zgorzelec, and 138km (86miles) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

In the Early Middle Ages, Sulików was a stronghold of the Bieżuńczanie tribe,[2] one of the Polish tribes.[3] Since the 11th century, the settlement was under Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Saxon rule. Afterwards, in 1815 it was annexed by Prussia, within which it was administratively located in the Province of Silesia, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany. Following World War II the German populace was expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement and the village was repopulated by Poles, many displaced from former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union. The village became again part of Poland.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Book: Bena, Waldemar. 2006. Szlakiem grodzisk słowiańskich i średniowiecznych zamków. Polish, German. Zgorzelec. 9–10.
  3. Web site: Plemiona polskie. Encyklopedia Internautica. 26 December 2020. Polish.