Gmina Jemielnica
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Gmina Jemielnica Gemeinde Himmelwitz Jemielnica Commune |
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| Coordinates (Jemielnica): 50°32′39″N 18°22′50″E / 50.54417°N 18.38056°ECoordinates: 50°32′39″N 18°22′50″E / 50.54417°N 18.38056°E | ||
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 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Opole | |
| County | Strzelce | |
| Seat | Jemielnica | |
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| • Total | 113.21 km2 (43.71 sq mi) | |
| Population (31 December 2010) | ||
| • Total | 7,526 | |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| Website | http://www.jemielnica.pl | |
Gmina Jemielnica, German Gemeinde Himmelwitz is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Jemielnica (Himmelwitz), which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Strzelce Opolskie and 35 km (22 mi) south-east of the regional capital Opole.
The gmina covers an area of 113.21 square kilometres (43.7 sq mi), and as of 2010 its total population is 7,526. Since 2006 the commune, like most of the area, has been officially bilingual in German and Polish, a substantial German population remaining in the area after it was transferred to Poland after World War II.
A famous tourist sight in the area is Himmelwitz Abbey, where the German Baroque composer Johannes Nucius died in 1620.
The village was first mentioned as Gemelnici in a document dated 29 November 1225 from the Duchy of Opole that granted the settlement German town law. In 1280 Duke Bolko I of Opole founded the Cisterian Himmelwitz Abbey with the assistance of the monastic community of Rauden. In the year 1285 the All Saint's Church was built, which served as the parish church until 1810.
After the death of Duke Bolko I, the town passed to his youngest son Albert, the duke of Strehlitz. Like his brothers this came under the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1327, becoming part of the kingdom after the signing of the Treaty of Trentschin in 1335 by the Polish King. With the death of Duke Albert, before 1375 withouts sons, the direct line of the Duchy of Strehlitz came to an end, and Himmelwitz passed to duke Bolko III. After the childless death of Duke John II in 1532, the duchy passed to the Bohemian crown and was later absorbed by the Habsburg Empire.
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