Stodoły, Rybnik

Stodoły
Rybnik District
Dilapidated manor
Location of Stodoły within Rybnik
Coordinates: 50°09′26″N 18°28′59″E / 50.157206°N 18.483113°ECoordinates: 50°09′26″N 18°28′59″E / 50.157206°N 18.483113°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County/City	Rybnik
Population (2013)
• Total	600
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	(+48) 032

Stodoły [stɔˈdɔwɨ] (lit. barns, German: Stodoll) is a district of Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. In the late 2013 it had about 600 inhabitants.^[1]

History

The village could have existed before 1258.

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 260 out of 393 voters in Stodoły voted in favour of joining Poland, against 131 opting for staying in Germany.^[2] Nevertheless it stayed a part of Germany, on the border with Poland. It was a place of a Nazi false flag operation (as part of Operation Himmler) on August 31, 1939.^[3][4][5] After the war it became a part of Poland.

In years 1973-1977 it was a part of gmina Chwałęcice and was amalgamated with Rybnik on February 1, 1977.^[6]

References

1. "Stodoły" (in Polish). rybnik.eu. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
2. "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Rybnik County" (in German). Retrieved 2015-05-03.
3. "Prowokacja hitlerowska we wsi Stodoły to jeden z zapomnianych epizodów II wojny światowej" (in Polish). Dziennik Zachodni. 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
4. Martin Allen, Himmler's Secret War: The Covert Peace Negotiations of Heinrich Himmler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0-7867-1708-4, Google Print, p.51
5. Christopher J. Ailsby, The Third Reich Day by Day, Zenith Imprint, 2001, ISBN 0-7603-1167-6, Google Print, p.112
6. Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji, Gospodarki Terenowej i Ochrony Środowiska z dnia 25 stycznia 1977 r. w sprawie zmiany granic niektórych miast w województwie katowickim., Dz. U. z 1977 r. Nr 3, poz. 15