Bogatitsa

Bogatitsa occupies the northern part of the largest compact forest territory of the , stretching between the Helmsk ridge, the Stobrava River and the upper reaches of Lysvarta. The village is located about 6 km from the county town Kluczbork , and about 45 km from Opole (administrative center of the voivodship).

According to the German toponymist Heinrich Adami, the name of the village comes from the Polish word "wealth". ^[3] In his work on the names of places in Silesia, published in 1888 in Wroclaw , he mentions as the oldest recorded name Bogachitsa, attaching importance to “Reichenau”. ^[3] The Germans Germanized the name on Bodland , as a result of which it lost its original meaning.

In the book Liber Fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis, written during the time of Bishop of Vezhbsky Henryk in 1295-1305, the name of the village is mentioned in Latinized form: Bogata lanca (“rich spear”) ^{[4] [5]} and probably means “rich meadow”.

In the alphabetical list of settlements in Silesia, published in 1830 in Wroclaw of Johann Kni, the Bogatitsa is called both names, the Polish Bogacica and the German Bodland . ^[6] . After World War II, the village returned to its Polish name.

People have lived on the site of the village since the Stone Age , as evidenced by stone tools found on the banks of the Stobrava west of Bogacice. As a result of archaeological work, traces of the so-called watch towers were also discovered. One of them was near the road leading to Old Heron, and the second was near the village mill from the west. These were earthen embankments with a diameter of about 25 m, surrounded by a picket fence and a moat. In the middle of these mounds stood wooden towers, they were inhabited and protected residents from dangers. Later, the settlement of Bogachitsa grew around them.

In 1945-1954, it was the center of the commune of Bogachitsa.

Monuments in Bogacice according to the register of the National Heritage Institute: ^[7]

• the parish church of the Holy Trinity, eclectic, often confused with baroque, built in 1597 with the money of Melchior von Scull de Gross-Elgo, then rebuilt several times: 1797-1805, 1905; currently updated interior
• grave of Silesian rebels in a village cemetery
• manor called Nowym Zamkiem ( New Castle ), built in 1746
• granary
• Niederhof farm .

• Baron Walter von Luttwitz (1859-1942) is a German general who participated in the First World War and became famous for his participation in the Kappa putsch .

• Knie, Johann Georg. Alphabetisch-Statistisch-Topographische Uebersicht aller Dörfer, Flecken, Städte und andern Orte der Königl. Preuß. Provinz Schlesien . - 1st. - Breslau: Graß, Barth und Co., 1830. - 1079 p.

• The rich woman in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries . Tom I: Aa - Dereneczna. - Warszawa, 1880. - 960 s.