Boguszyce, Oleśnica County Explained

Boguszyce
Settlement Type:	Village
Total Type:
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:	Lower Silesian
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Oleśnica
Subdivision Type3:	Gmina
Subdivision Name3:	Gmina Oleśnica
Coordinates:	51.2458°N 17.3953°W
Pushpin Map:	Poland

Boguszyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1]

History

Boguszyce formerly belonged to the church district of Oleśnica. From 1538 onward it was a Protestant community. The church was built in 1712 to 1714. It still exists and its interior is more or less unchanged, except for adapting it to the now Catholic belief.

The number of inhabitants changed little since the 19th century:

1867: 675 inhabitants
1871: 679 inhabitants, 106 houses and 139 households. There was also a coffee house and a chemist.
1905: 572 inhabitants (of them 554 Protestant, 18 Catholic) in 87 houses and 135 households
1925: 714 inhabitants
1939: 704 inhabitants in 202 households

Boguszyce lies approximately 6km (04miles) north of Oleśnica, and 29km (18miles) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław.

Notes and References

Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.