Bielowicko
Bielowicko | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Saint Lawrence Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Bielowicko | |
| Coordinates:49°49′5.9″N18°51′23.93″E/ 49.818306°N 18.8566472°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Bielsko |
| Gmina | Jasienica |
| First mentioned | 1223 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wojciech Śleziak |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.116 km2(1.203 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 622 |
| • Density | 200/km2(520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Car plates | SBI |
Bielowicko[bjɛlɔˈvit͡skɔ]is a village inGmina Jasienica,Bielsko County,Silesian Voivodeship,southern Poland.
The village lies in theSilesian Foothills,in the historical region ofCieszyn Silesia.
History
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It was first mentioned in a document ofBishop of Wrocławissued on 23 May 1223 forNorbertine SistersinRybnikamong villages paying them atithe,asBeleuisco/[1](Beloviezo).[2]
Politically it belonged then to theDuchy of Opole and Racibórzand theCastellanyofCieszyn,which was in 1290 formed in the process offeudal fragmentation of Polandinto theDuchy of Teschen,ruled by a local branch ofSilesian Piast dynasty.In 1327 the duchy became afeeof theKingdom of Bohemia,which after 1526 became a part of theHabsburg monarchy.
AfterRevolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empirea modernmunicipal divisionwas introduced in the re-establishedAustrian Silesia.The village as a municipality was subscribed to thepolitical districtofBielskoand thelegal districtofSkoczów.According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the village grew from 235 in 1880 to 283 in 1910, with majority of the inhabitants being native Polish-speakers (98.7%-100%) ofCatholic faith(99% in 1910).[3]The village was also traditionally inhabited byCieszyn Vlachs,speakingCieszyn Silesian dialect.
After theWorld War I,fall ofAustria-Hungary,Polish–Czechoslovak Warand division of Cieszyn Silesia, the village became a part of theSecond Polish Republic.After German invasion of Poland in 1939, the area became a part ofNazi Germanyuntil 1945.
Landmarks
[edit]- A woodenSaint LawrenceChurch, built in the 17th century.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^Panic, Idzi(2000)."Z badań nad osadami zanikłymi na Górnym Śląsku w średniowieczu. Uwagi w sprawie istnienia zaginionych wsi podcieszyńskich, Nageuuzi, Suenschizi, suburbium, Radouiza, Zasere, Clechemuje oraz Novosa".Pamiętnik Cieszyński(15). Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne Oddział w Cieszynie:29–37.ISSN0137-558X.Retrieved7 December2012.
- ^Panic, Idzi(2010).Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528)[Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 294.ISBN978-83-926929-3-5.
- ^Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918).Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem(in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 258, 277.
References
[edit]- Polak, Jerzy (2011).Obrazki z dziejów gminy Jasienica.Cieszyn:Muzeum Śląska Cieszyńskiego.ISBN978-83-922005-6-7.
- Londzin, Józef (1932).Kościoły drewniane na Śląsku Cieszyńskim.Cieszyn: Dziedzictwo błog. Jana Sarkandra. pp.21–28.OCLC297540848.
External links
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- (in Polish)Information at Gmina Jasienica website
Seat:Jasienica | ||
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