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{{Other places|Moszczanka (disambiguation){{!}}Moszczanka}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Moszczanka
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = 2012-06 Moszczanka 02 Kościół.jpg
| image_caption = Church in Moszczanka
| 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|3|N|17|29|28|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 13th century
| established_title2 = First mentioned
| established_date2 = 1321
| elevation_min_m = 290
| elevation_max_m = 350
| population_total = 1116
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = OPR
}}
'''Moszczanka''' {{IPAc-pl|m|o|sz|'|cz|a|n|k|a}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Prudnik]], within [[Prudnik County]], [[Opole Voivodeship]], in southern Poland, close to the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] border.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Prudnik]] and {{convert|52|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of the regional capital [[Opole]].

== Geography ==
Moszczanka 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:Kirch zu Langenbrück - Friedrich Bernhard Werner.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|A drawing of the church in Moszczanka in the 18th century]]
Moszczanka was founded as a ''[[Waldhufendorf]]'' in the second half of the 13th century, when it was part of medieval [[Piast dynasty|Piast]]-ruled [[Kingdom of Poland|Poland]], and settled by [[Germans|German]] colonists.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Kuhn|first=Walter|title=Siedlungsgeschichte Oberschlesiens|publisher=Oberschlesischer Heimatverlag|year=1954|location=Würzburg|pages=66|author-link=Walter Kuhn}}</ref> The village was first mentioned in 1321.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Sołectwa - Urząd Miejski w Prudniku|url=https://prudnik.pl/30/solectwa.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=prudnik.pl}}</ref> A church in the village was mentioned for the first time in 1331.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diecezja.opole.pl/index.php/parafie/wg-dekanatow|title=Wg dekanatów}}</ref> In 1390 it was mentioned as ''Longus Pons''.<ref name=":2">{{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|location=Breslau|pages=348|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V|year=1884|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=365}}</ref>

During the [[First Silesian War]], the Prussian King [[Frederick the Great]] stayed briefly in Moszczanka.<ref name=":1" /> After the First Silesian War in 1742, Moszczanka along with most of Silesia was taken over by [[Kingdom of Prussia]].

After the reorganization of the [[province of Silesia]], the rural community of Moszczanka 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 hereditary village administrator, a Catholic parish church, a Catholic school, six bleachers, four watermills, six looms, a wool spinning mill and 297 houses in the village. In the same year, 1819 people lived in Moszczanka, 209 of them being [[Protestantism|Protestants]].<ref name=":2" /> In 1855, 1,707 people lived in Moszczanka. In 1865 there were 43 farmers, 64 gardeners and 174 housekeepers as well as a farm, four water mills, a cloth factory, a whitewash, five bleaching yarns, six blacksmiths, a Catholic parish church and a school. The cloth factory was one of the largest cloth factories in the area in the mid-19th century. The three-class Catholic school was attended by 389 students in 1865.<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|language=de}}</ref> In 1874 the [[Amtsbezirk]] ''Langenbrück'' was founded, which consisted of the rural communities Moszczanka and [[Pokrzywna, Opole Voivodeship|Pokrzywna]] and the manor districts of Moszczanka and Pokrzywna. The first head of office was the mill owner Joseph Bischoff.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Territorial Amtsbezirk Langenbrück|url=http://www.territorial.de/obschles/neustadt/langenbr.htm|access-date=2021-05-26|website=www.territorial.de}}</ref> In 1885 Moszczanka had 2190 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kreis Neustadt O.S. – AGOFF|url=https://agoff.de/?p=25595|access-date=2021-05-26|language=de-DE}}</ref>

[[File:1903 - Powodz w Moszczance 394531 Fotopolska-Eu.jpg|thumb|Damage after the 1903 flood]]
In 1903, a flood destroyed some parts of the village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1903 - Powódź, Moszczanka - polska-org.pl|url=https://polska-org.pl/5626849,Moszczanka,1903_Powodz.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=polska-org.pl}}</ref> In 1933 there were 1,960 people in Moszczanka and 1,897 in 1939. 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=2021-05-26|website=treemagic.org}}</ref>

A Polish citizen was 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> In the evening of 17 March 1945, the residents of Moszczanka fled from the advancing [[Red Army]]. The Catholic parish church was destroyed by [[arson]].<ref name=":0" /> Some of the refugees returned to Moszczanka on 9 May. In July and August 1945, Polish settlers occupied the farms in Moszczanka. After more than 50 young men were abducted by the Polish militia in October 1945, the remaining Germans who arrived in the [[Allied-occupied Germany|British occupation zone]] a week later were expelled on 1 July 1946.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lindenthal|first=Gerhard|title=Eine Reise in die Vergangenheit – Das Dörfchen Langenbrück im Kreise Neustadt/Oberschlesien|work=Neustädter Heimatbrief|publisher=Goldammer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Ausgabe}}</ref>

After the defeat of Germany in World War II, the village became again part of [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]] and was renamed ''Długomosty'' (changed to ''Moszczanka'' in 1946). It joined the [[Śląsko-Dąbrowskie Voivodeship]]. Since 1950 the place is in [[Opole Voivodeship]], and since 1999 it's in [[Prudnik County]].

== Sights ==
[[File:Kaplica przydrożna (nr 13), 1827 r., Moszczanka 2020.08.17 01.jpg|thumb|Wayside shrine]]
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 1827
* two 18th-19th century houses

There is also a monument from 1966 commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Poland.

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Gmina Prudnik}}

[[Category:Villages in Prudnik County]]
[[Category:13th-century establishments in Poland]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 13th century]]
[[Category:Populated riverside places in Poland]]

Moszczanka, Opole Voivodeship - Revision history

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