POST 36, POSTSCRIPT: THE WOINOWITZ ZUCKERFABRIK (SUGAR FACTORY) OUTSIDE RATIBOR (PART I-MAPS)

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Mr. Paul Newerla, retired lawyer and Racibórz historian, graciously shared with me maps of the “Ratiborschen fürstenthums” (Ratibor principality) and Kreis (district) Ratibor in the Śląsk (Silesia) region going back to 1750, well before the Woinowitz Zuckerfabrik was built.  The towns surrounding and/or adjacent the place where the sugar factory would eventually be located already existed.  For the visually-oriented readers, I’m including maps from three time periods, 1750 (Figure 1), 1825 (Figures 2a-b), and 1923 (Figures 3a-b), with the towns and villages mentioned in the text circled.  The 1923 map shows the location of the “Zucker” in relation to the nearby villages.

 

Figure 1. 1750 map of “Ratiborschen fürstenthums” (Ratibor principality) with towns and villages near where the Zuckerfabrik would eventually be built circled
Figure 2a. 1823 map of the Ratibor area with towns and villages near where the Zuckerfabrik would eventually be built circled
Figure 2b. Adjoining 1823 map with Ratibor circled
Figure 3a. 1923 map of the Kreis (district) of Ratibor with towns mentioned in text circled. Woinowitz was then known as “Weihendorf.”  Location of “Zucker” is identified, along with railroad station of “Mettich”
Figure 3b. Adjoining 1923 map of the Kreis (district) of Ratibor with Ratibor circled