The village before 1945

 

The geographical position of Paschkerwitz is Lat. 51 º 13´ N   and Long. 17º   6´ E.   It is 132 m above sea level. The distance to the capital of the district (Kreis ), Trebnitz (now Trzebnica), is 12 km and to the regional seat of government, Breslau (now Wroclaw), is 14KM. Paschkerwitz was one of the largest communities in the area and shared the railway station, church and cemetary with other villages in the vicinity.

 

Paschkerwitz may be called a ribbon settlement because the houses were, with a few exceptions, to the left and the right of the main village street. We were especially proud of that street because it was the only paved one in the area. The street leading to the Station had cobblestones. There were tarred gravel roads and foot paths going to the neighboring villages of Langenau (Cienin), Zedlitz und Hartwasser. The following communities were part of the area government administration. The Polish names are in brackets after the 1939 population figures.

 

  Paschkerwitz 554 (Pasikurowice)
  Zedlitz 509 (Siedlec)
  Hartwasser 295 (Bukowina)
  Dockern 124  (Tokary)
  Güntherwitz 234 (Godzieszowa)

The area administrator was Wilhelm Rongstock who lived in Paschkerwitz. The local affairs were taken care of by mayor August Klinkert. The registrar was Walter Beuthner. Around 1936 there was a move to change names with Polish roots to more Germanic sounding ones. Bukowine became Hartwasser, Ramischau became Fürstengrund, and Skarsine became Sauerbrunn. There was talk of changing Paschkerwitz to Moorbach, perhaps naming it after the stream (bach) which came from the moors north of the village. However, after the start of the war, the idea of altering place names was abandoned.

            In addition to the church, cemetary and railway station, there was a school, a registry office (in school house), a post office, two grocery stores, a bakery, a butcher's shop, two pubs with accomodation, two blacksmiths, a sawmill, and a castle (manor house)     

 

 
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