Chapter 1.1
Count Baron von
Quanz
Heinz Georg
Quanz of Frankfurt, Germany has provided this information about the earliest
known reference to a Quanz. Heinz sent us the following:
Im Jahre 2003
Mein heutiges
Wissen uber den Dorfnamen bis 1945 Quanzendorf (heutiger polnischer Name Chwalecin ca. 180 Einwohner), ca.
100 km unterhalb Breslau.
Einem jungen sehr gut deutsch sprechenden Gymnasiasten ubersandte ich meine Unterlagen,
er opferte einen Ferientag und fuhr dorthin.
2003 war er
zu Besuch bei einer Tante
in Ffm., er fand folgendes heraus:
Im 13. Jahrhundert war
in Quanzendorf ein Schloss,
es gehorte einem Grafen ober
Baron “von Quanz”, ihm gehorte
auch ganz Schlesien mit seinen
gesamten Leibeigenen.
Welch eine
Enttauschung fur den Schreiber. Er
hatte gelernt vor Gott sind
alle Menschen gleich. Diese Erkenntnisse
sind auch
der Anlass, dass ich meine
Ahnenforschung hiermit beende.
Heinz
Georg Quanz
Frankfurt,
den 12. Oktober 2003
In
the year 2003
To the best of my knowledge the
current Polish village of Chwalecin was known as Quanzendorf until 1945. The
village today has about 180 inhabitants and is approximately 100 km below
Breslau (Wroclaw).
A young very well spoken German high
school student sacrificed one day of his holidays and drove there in 2003 for a
visit with an aunt. He found out the following:
·
In
the 13th century, there was a castle in the village of Quanzen.
·
The castle belonged to Count “Baron von Quanz”
as did the surrounding area of Schlesien and the serfs who lived there.
What an one
“eye-opener” for the me. I had learned before God that all people are the same.
These findings are also the occasion that herewith I finish my ancestral
research.
Heinz
Georg Quanz
Frankfurt,
October 12, 2003
Quanzendorf
Quanzendorf was a small village in the north west of Germany
that had been a part of Germany for centuries until the borders were redrawn at
the end of World War II when this area was turned over to Poland. The name was
changed to Chwalecin.
The
village was named after Baron von Quanz who lived there in the 13th
Century.
Pictures
are from a website at http://www.langenbielau.de/Seite1/Quanzendorf/quanzendorf.html
There
are more pictures available there – click on the link to see the original
website.
Quanzendorf im Kreis Reichenbach
Wer erinnert sich
noch an Quanzendorf im Kreis Reichenbach, das kleine romantische Dörfchen am Fuße des Eichberges?
Von Groß-Wilkau
ging man etwa zwei Kilometer über eine bergige
Landstraße, die von Kirsch- und Apfelbäumen
gesäumt war. Besonders zur Baumblüte
war das ein wunderschöner Spaziergang. Hatte man den
letzten Hügel, den sogenannten „Treppla Berg“ erstiegen, sah
man Quanzendorf im Tal liegen.
Es gab ein Dominium, etliche Bauerngehöfte und ein Kretscham. Quanzendorf
hatte 1939 rund 186 Einwohner. Heute mögen es noch etwa 60 Personen
sein. Von den Häusern
im Dorf sind viele verschwunden. Auch vom Dominium existiert
nur noch das Wohnhaus des ehemaligen Besitzers Heinze. Am Ende des Dorfes ging es über
die sogenannte „Matritzke“ nach Großkniegnitz.
Von der Anhöhe
sah man das Dorf Senitz und im Hintergrund
den Zobten. Quanzendorf war wegen seiner landschaftlich schönen Lage besonders
im Sommer ein Ziel für
Wanderer und Wochenendausflügler.
Quanzendorf in Kreis Reichenbach
Who still remembers Quanzendorf in
Kreis Reichenbach, the small romantic village at the
foot of the Eichberges Mountain?
From large Wilkau
one went about two kilometers over a hilly highway,
which was fringed with Kirsch and Apple trees. Particularly during blossoming
time that was a beautiful walk. As we climbed the last hill, called, “Treppla Mountain” we saw Quanzendorf lying in the valley.
It gave a Dominium, some farmsteads and a Kretscham.
Quanzendorf had approximately 186 inhabitants in 1939. Today there may still be
about 60 people living there. Many of the houses in the village have
disappeared. Also of the Dominium only the house of the former owner Heinze exists. At the end of the village it went over the
so-called “Matritzke” after Grosskniegnitz.
From the hill one saw the village Senitz
and in the background Zobten. Because of its scenic
beauty in the summer Quanzendorf was particularly a goal for hikes and weekend
excursions.
Today’s
name: Chwalecin (Quanzendorf).
This is a picture of the road into Chwalecin (Quanzendorf).
Place German name: Quanzendorf
Inhabitants in 1943: 170
Mayor 1943: Ernst Hoensch
District court: Nimptsch
Register office district: Quanzendorf
Institute for Post Office: Largely Wilkau
Distance of the district town: 20 km
Today’s
name: Chwalecin
District
realm brook polarize (. Dzierzoniów )
Affiliation
nationally : Prussia , province Schlesien
, governmental district Breslau
Zustaend. Law (1894) :
1) district court Nimptsch, regional court Schweidnitz
, higher regional court Breslau
2) district court realm brook,
regional court Schweidnitz
, higher regional court Breslau
Zustaend. Gau
1933 - 1945 :
Schlesien , 1941 - 1945 Niederschlesien
Affiliation ev. Church : Evangelist church of the old-Prussian
union ,
church province Schlesien
Affiliation kath. Church : Diocese Breslau
Denomination structure district realm brook in the owl mountains 1939
Evangelist: 71.6 %
Catholic:
25.0 %
Gottglaeubig:
1.5 %
Faith lot: 1.7 %
Other:
0.2 %
Listing of the goods
in city and circle realm brook
After the conditions
from the year 1937
A listing in
alphabetical order of the place names of the 1937 existed goods, source: The schlesische goods directory (listing of all manors, as well
as the larger landgueter) Quanzendorf:
Rittergut, Besitzer Konrad Heinze, Fläche 188 ha, davon 163 Acker, 2 Wiesen, 13 Weide, 6 Holz, 1 Park, 1 Garten, 2 Hof, usw.,
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