Chudoba, Prudnik County

Chudoba
Schekai
Village
Aerial view of the village
Chudoba
Coordinates: 50°22′33″N 17°53′43″E / 50.37583°N 17.89528°E / 50.37583; 17.89528
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyPrudnik
GminaGłogówek
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
43
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2
Postal code
48-250[1]
Area code+4877
Vehicle registrationOPR

Chudoba [xuˈdɔba], additional name in German: Schekai,[2] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland.[3] It is situated in the historical region of Prudnik Land.[4]

As of 31 December 2022, the village's population numbered 43 inhabitants.[5] A significant portion of them belongs to the German minority in Poland.[6]

Geography

The village is located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship, close to the Czech Republic–Poland border. It is situated in the historical Prudnik Land region, as well as in Upper Silesia. It lies in the Silesian Lowlands.[7] The National Register of Geographical Names for 2025 classified Chudoba as a hamlet (przysiółek) of Nowe Kotkowice.[2]

Etymology

In the German times, the village's name was Schekai.[8] It was derived from a Polish word czekaj (wait), because, according to a local legend, the village was a place where bandits waited for traveling merchants to rob them.[9] In 1936, Nazi administration of the German Reich changed the village's name to Klein Warten.[8]

Following the Second World War, the Polish name Czekaj was introduced by the Commission for the Determination of Place Names. However, the name was not adopted by the local population, who instead called the village Chudoba.[10] In August 2001, Gmina Głogówek decided to formally change the village's name to Chudoba.[11] The new name was accepted by the government in 2003.[12] As Gmina Głogówek gained the bilingual status on 1 December 2009, the government introduced an additional German name for the village: Schekai.[13]

History

Until 1742, the village was a part of Głogówek County (circulus superioris Glogoviae) in the Habsburg Empire.[14] After the First Silesian War, it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia was incorporated into Prudnik County (Großkreis Neustadt).[15]

32 farmers and 15 gardeners lived in the village. Horses, cows, and pigs were bred here. There were also four forges in Chudoba.[9] In 1910, 62 people lived in Chudoba.[16] Only a portion of Prudnik County participated in the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, which was supposed to determine ownership of the Province of Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland. Chudoba found itself in the eastern part of the county, within the plebiscite area.[17] In the end, the area of Prudnik, along with Chudoba, remained in Germany.[18]

Following the Second World War, from March to May 1945, Prudnik County was controlled by the Soviet military commandant's office. On 11 May 1945, it was passed on to the Polish administration.[19] Autochthonous inhabitants of But, who either spoke Silesian or knew Polish, were allowed to remain in the village.

Demographics

But is inhabited by autochthonous Germans and Silesians. They belong to the registered German minority in Poland.[6] The residents speak the Prudnik dialect of the Silesian language.[20] The village gained the bilingual Polish-German status in 2009.[13]

Transport

The local public transport buses were operated by PKS Prudnik.[21] Since 2021, public transit is organized by the PGZT "Pogranicze" corporation in Prudnik.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska. January 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-11.
  2. ^ a b Państwowy Rejestr Nazw Geograficznych – miejscowości – format XLSX, Place Names Register of Poland – PRNG, Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography, 20 August 2025, PRNG identifier: 16844
  3. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  4. ^ "Regulamin Odznaki Krajoznawczej Ziemi Prudnickiej". prudnik.pttk.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  5. ^ "Gmina się nieco zmniejszyła". Życie Głogówka. Vol. 2, no. 323. Głogówek: MGOK na zlecenie Urzędu Miejskiego. February 2023. p. 2.
  6. ^ a b "Ludność Ziemi Prudnickiej". Tygodnik Prudnicki. 1995-12-24. p. 10.
  7. ^ Szyniec, Grzegorz (2021). Spis miejscowości Śląska. Lasowice Wielkie. p. 124.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ a b Hanich, Andrzej (2021). Słownik nazw miejscowości diecezji opolskiej w XX i XXI wieku. Opole: Instytut Śląski. p. 116.
  9. ^ a b Młynarska, Henryka (2023-01-04). "Agnyszów – folwark Seherr-Thossów". Tygodnik Prudnicki. Vol. 1, no. 1664. Prudnik: Spółka Wydawnicza "Aneks". p. 21.
  10. ^ "Zmiana nazw". Tygodnik Prudnicki. Vol. 11, no. 694. 2004-03-17. p. 9.
  11. ^ "Formalne zmiany nazw". Tygodnik Prudnicki. Vol. 40, no. 567. 2001-10-11. p. 6.
  12. ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji z dnia 24 grudnia 2003 r. w sprawie ustalenia i zmiany urzędowych nazw niektórych miejscowości (Dz.U. 2003 nr 229 poz. 2288).
  13. ^ a b Stadnicki, Stanisław (2008-10-01). "Głogówek – Oberglogau". Tygodnik Prudnicki. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
  14. ^ Wieland, Johann Wolfgang (1736). Principatus Silesiae Oppoliensis exactissima Tabula geographica, sistens Circulus Oppoliensem Ober-Glogau Gros Strehliz, Cosel, Tost, Rosenberg, Falckenberg & Lubleniz. Norimbergae: ab Homannianis Heredibus. Cum Spec. S. Caes. Rque Mtis Privilegio.
  15. ^ Dereń, Andrzej (1999-04-06). "XVIII-wieczna rewolucja". Tygodnik Prudnicki. Vol. 18, no. 441. Prudnik: Spółka Wydawnicza "Aneks". p. 17.
  16. ^ Dereń, Andrzej (2014-01-08). "Jak wyludniła się Twoja miejscowość: sprzedam wieś pod Prudnikiem". Tygodnik Prudnicki. Vol. 2, no. 1202. Prudnik: Spółka Wydawnicza "Aneks". p. 11.
  17. ^ Abstimmungsgebiet Oberschlesien. Akte polnischer Wahlbeeinflussung
  18. ^ "Neustadt (Prudnik)". home.arcor.de. Archived from the original on 2017-01-29. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  19. ^ Dereń, Andrzej (2005-05-11). "Polska Ziemia Prudnicka". Tygodnik Prudnicki. Vol. 19, no. 754. Prudnik: Spółka Wydawnicza "Aneks". p. 8.
  20. ^ Larysz, Renata (2007). "Fonetyczne i leksykalne cechy dialektu głogóweckiego". Ziemia Prudnicka. Prudnik: Spółka Wydawnicza "Aneks". p. 144.
  21. ^ "PKS Connex Prudnik / Przewozy pasażerskie / Rozkład jazdy". pks-prudnik.com.pl. Archived from the original on 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  22. ^ Dobrzański, Maciej (2021-08-18). "Powołują związek, który ma ułatwić komunikację". Prudnik24 (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-08-20.
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