Niemodlin (; ) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 6,315 inhabitants (2019).
History
The community was first mentioned as
Nemodlin in a 1224 deed and received
town privileges in 1283. The German place-name
Falkenberg was first recorded in the year 1290. Originally a part of the Duchy of Opole, after the death of Duke Bolko I, Niemodlin became the capital of a duchy in his own right from 1313 to 1382. When the Opole line of the
Piast dynasty became extinct in 1532, various noble families like the
Hohenzollern, the House of Zierotin, and the
Praschma held the estate (also known as
Falkenberg) until the 1940s.
The town of Falkenberg, after the First Silesian War in 1742, had become part of Prussia and was the capital of the Falkenberg district in the Province of Silesia. In the 18th century, Falkenberg belonged to the tax inspection region of Prudnik.
Notable residents
People
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Friedrich von Praschma (1833-1909), German politician, member of German Reichstag
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Hans Praschma von Bilkau (1867-1935), German politician, member of German Reichstag
Twin towns – sister cities
See twin towns of Gmina Niemodlin.
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