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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Łąka Prudnicka
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Łąka Prudnicka, 2020.08.17 11.jpg
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| image_shield = POL Łąka Prudnicka COA.svg
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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Opole Voivodeship|Opole]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Prudnik County|Prudnik]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Prudnik|Prudnik]]
| coordinates = {{coord|50|18|40|N|17|31|38|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| elevation_min_m = 265
| elevation_max_m = 290
| population_total = 1270
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = OPR
| website = [http://www.lakaprudnicka.ovh.org lakaprudnicka.org]
}}
'''Łąka Prudnicka''' {{IPAc-pl|'|ł|o|ŋ|k|a|-|p|r|u|d|'|n|i|c|k|a}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Prudnik]], within [[Prudnik County]], [[Opole Voivodeship]], in southern [[Poland]],{{TERYT}} close to the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] border. It lies approximately {{convert|4|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Prudnik]] and {{convert|49|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of the regional capital [[Opole]].

== Geography ==
Łąka Prudnicka is located in the historic [[Silesia]] ([[Upper Silesia]]) region at the [[Złoty Potok, river|Złoty Potok]] river. The village is situated on the border of [[Opawskie Mountains]] and the [[Silesian Lowlands]].

== History ==
[[File:Schloss Wiese.jpg|thumb|left|Castle in the 18th century]]
Łąka Prudnicka was founded as a ''[[Waldhufendorf]]'' in the second half of the 13th century within medieval [[Piast dynasty|Piast]]-ruled Poland and settled by [[Germans|German]] colonists.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kuhn|first=Walter|title=Siedlungsgeschichte Oberschlesiens|publisher=Oberschlesischer Heimatverlag|year=1954|location=Würzburg|pages=66|author-link=Walter Kuhn}}</ref> It was first mentioned in 1481.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sołectwa - Urząd Miejski w Prudniku|url=https://prudnik.pl/30/solectwa.html|access-date=2021-05-25|website=prudnik.pl}}</ref>

After the [[First Silesian War]] in 1742, Łąka Prudnicka along with most of Silesia was taken over by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]].

[[File:1903 - Powodz w Lace Prudnickiej 902454 Fotopolska-Eu.jpg|thumb|left|1903 flood]]
After the reorganization of the [[province of Silesia]], the rural community of Łąka Prudnicka belonged to the [[Landkreis Neustadt O.S.]] from 1816 onwards, in the [[Oppeln (region)|Regierungsbezirk Oppeln]]. According to [[Johann Georg Knie]], in 1845 there was a castle, an [[advanced work]], two hereditary village leaders, a brewery, a distillery, a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] school, a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] school and 244 houses in the village. In the same year, 1,670 people lived in Łąka Prudnicka, of which 310 were Protestants and 4 were [[Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Knie|first=Johann G.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f8AGAAAAcAAJ|title=Alphabetisch-statistisch-topographische Uebersicht der Dörfer, Flecken, Städte und andern Orte der Königl. preuss. Provinz Schlesien: nebst beigefügter Nachweisung von der Eintheilung des Landes|publisher=Grass, Barth|year=1845|pages=742|language=de}}</ref> In 1855, 1,707 people lived in Łąka Prudnicka. In 1865 there were 54 farmers, 21 gardeners and 12 cottagers as well as a brewery, a distillery, two schools, two water mills and five bars. The Catholic residents belonged to the parish in [[Moszczanka, Opole Voivodeship|Moszczanka]], the Protestant residents belonged to the parish in Prudnik. The Catholic school was attended by 240 students in 1865, while the Protestant school had 104 students.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Triest|first=Felix|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKUCAAAAcAAJ|title=Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien: Zur Auftrage der Königlichen Regierung und nach amtlichen Quellen herausgegeben|date=1865|publisher=W. G. Korn|pages=1054|language=de}}</ref> In 1874 the administrative district of Łąka Prudnicka (''Landgemeinden Wiese Gräflich'') was founded, which consisted of the rural communities of Łąka Prudnicka and the manor district of Łąka Prudnicka. The first head of office was the landowner [[Herrmann von Choltitz]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Territorial Amtsbezirk Wiese gräflich/Gräflich Wiese|url=http://www.territorial.de/obschles/neustadt/grfwiese.htm|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.territorial.de}}</ref> In 1885, Łąka Prudnicka had 2025 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kreis Neustadt O.S. – AGOFF|url=https://agoff.de/?p=25595|access-date=2021-05-25|language=de-DE}}</ref>

In 1903, a flood destroyed some parts of the village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1903 - Powódź, Łąka Prudnicka - polska-org.pl|url=https://polska-org.pl/5626838,Laka_Prudnicka,1903_Powodz.html|access-date=2021-05-25|website=polska-org.pl}}</ref> In 1933 there were 2,226 people in Łąka Prudnicka and 2,105 in 1939. Five Polish citizens were murdered by [[Nazi Germany]] in the village during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite book|author= |title=Zestawienie Miejsc Zbrodni Popełnionych na Ludności Cywilnej przez Okupanta Hitlerowskiego na Ziemiach Polskich w latach 1939–1945|year=2022|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=191|isbn=978-83-954388-3-7}}</ref> Until 1945 the village belonged to the Landkreis Neustadt O.S.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Schlesien, Kreis Neustadt|url=https://treemagic.org/rademacher/www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/neustadt_os.html|access-date=2021-05-25|website=treemagic.org}}</ref>

After the end defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, the village became again part of [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]] and was renamed ''Łąka Prudnicka.'' It joined the [[Śląsko-Dąbrowskie Voivodeship]]. Since 1950 it is administratively located in [[Opole Voivodeship]], and since 1999 it is in [[Prudnik County]].

== Cultural heritage monuments ==
[[File:Łąka Prudnicka, zámek 9.jpg|thumb|Castle]]
The following monuments are listed by the [[Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych woj. opolskiego|url=http://www.nid.pl/pl/Informacje_ogolne/Zabytki_w_Polsce/rejestr-zabytkow/zestawienia-zabytkow-nieruchomych/OPO-rej.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|website=|publisher=Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa|accessdate=2 May 2020}}</ref>
* wayside shrine from the 19th century
* castle from the 15th century
* park

== Notable people ==
* [[Dietrich von Choltitz]] (1894–1966), German General

==See also==
* [[Prudnik Land]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gmina Prudnik}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Populated riverside places in Poland]]
[[Category:Villages in Prudnik County]]
[[Category:Sites of Nazi war crimes in Poland]]

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