Niemodlin

• Name — Niemodlin • Native Name — Ńymodlin • Native Name Lang — szl • Image Flag — POL Niemodlin flag.svg • Image Shield — POL Niemodlin COA.svg • Image Skyline — Niemodlin FalkenbergOS Market Square3.JPG • Image Caption — Historical tenements and architecture at the Market Square • Pushpin Map — Poland • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Voivodeship • Subdivision Name1 — Opole • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Opole • Subdivision Type3 — Gmina • Subdivision Name3 — Niemodlin • Established Title — First mentioned • Established Date — 1224 • Established Title2 — Town rights • Established Date2 — 1283 • Area Total Km2 — 13.11 • Population As Of — 2019-06-30 • Population Total — 6315 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Elevation M — 177 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 49-100 • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Registration Plate — OPO • Website — http: www.niemodlin.pl Niemodlin (Ńymodlin; Falkenberg O.S.) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 6,315 inhabitants (2019).

• Illustration — Niemodlin Castle, built in 1313 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 Pražma 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 Neustadt. In 1871, with the Prussian-led Unification of Germany, the town became part of the German Empire. After Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, it became again part of Poland. The estate's final owner, Count Frederick Leopold von Praschma, left a Renaissance castle built around 1600, which became offices for the State Repatriation Office, then served as a high school and NCO school.

• Wilhelm Iwan (1871–1958), Lutheran pastor and historian • Otto Schwarzer (1906–1976), Wehrmacht officer

• Friedrich von Praschma (1833-1909), German politician, member of German Reichstag • Hans Praschma von Bilkau (1867-1935), German politician, member of German Reichstag

See twin towns of Gmina Niemodlin.