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Gmina Dębowiec, Silesian Voivodeship
Gmina Dębowiec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Its seat is the village of Dębowiec, Cieszyn County, Dębowiec. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 5,818. Villages Neighbouring gminas Gmina Dębowiec is bordered by the gminas of Cieszyn, Gmina Goleszów, Goleszów, Gmina Hażlach, Hażlach, Gmina Skoczów, Skoczów and Gmina Strumień, Strumień. References External links Official website Gminas in Silesian Voivodeship, Debowiec Cieszyn County Cieszyn Silesia {{Cieszyn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminas include cities and towns, with 302 among them constituting an independent urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminas make up a higher level unit called powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) constituted either by a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostkowice, Cieszyn County
Kostkowice () is a village in Gmina Dębowiec, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. Etymology The name of the village is patronymic in origin, derived from the personal name ''Kostka'', ending with a typically Slavic ''-(ow)ice''. It was generally Germanized as ''Kostkowitz''. History The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called '' Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' from around 1305 as ''item in Goschegowitz debent esse XX mansi''. It meant that the village was supposed to pay a tithe from 20 greater lans. The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what would later be known as Upper Silesia. Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Silesian Piast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Strumień
Gmina Strumień is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Its seat is the town of Strumień. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 13,240. Villages Apart from the town of Strumień, Gmina Strumień contains the villages and settlements of Bąków, Drogomyśl, Pruchna, Zabłocie and Zbytków. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Strumień is bordered by the gminas of Chybie, Dębowiec, Goczałkowice-Zdrój, Hażlach, Pawłowice, Pszczyna, Skoczów and Zebrzydowice. Twin towns – sister cities Gmina Strumień is twinned with: * Dolní Domaslavice, Czech Republic * Dolný Hričov, Slovakia * Krasňany, Slovakia * Petřvald, Czech Republic * Šenov, Czech Republic * Súľov-Hradná Súľov-Hradná ( hu, Szulyóváralja) is a village and municipality in Bytča District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History In historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Skoczów
Gmina Skoczów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Its seat is the town of Skoczów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 26,943. Villages Bładnice and Ochaby are further subdivided into Dolne (Lower) and Górne (Upper) parts. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Skoczów is bordered by the gminas of Brenna, Chybie, Dębowiec, Goleszów, Jasienica, Strumień and Ustroń Ustroń (german: Ustron) is a health resort town in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975–1998). It lies in the Silesian Beskids .... Twin towns – sister cities Gmina Skoczów is twinned with: * Hrádek, Czech Republic References External links * Skoczow Cieszyn County Cieszyn Silesia {{Cieszyn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Hażlach
Gmina Hażlach is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Its seat is the village of Hażlach. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 10,872. Villages Neighbouring gminas Gmina Hażlach is bordered by the gminas of Cieszyn, Gmina Dębowiec, Silesian Voivodeship, Dębowiec, Gmina Strumień, Strumień and Gmina Zebrzydowice, Zebrzydowice. It also borders the Czech Republic. References External links *Official website Gminas in Silesian Voivodeship, Hazlach Cieszyn County, Gmina Hazlach Cieszyn Silesia {{Cieszyn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Goleszów
Gmina Goleszów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Its seat is the village of Goleszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 13,160. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Goleszów is bordered by the gminas of Cieszyn, Gmina Dębowiec, Silesian Voivodeship, Dębowiec, Gmina Skoczów, Skoczów and Ustroń. It also borders the Czech Republic. Twin towns – sister cities Gmina Goleszów is Sister city, twinned with: * Bystřice (Frýdek-Místek District), Bystřice, Czech Republic * Reiskirchen, Germany * Vendryně, Czech Republic References External links Official website Gminas in Silesian Voivodeship, Goleszow Cieszyn County Cieszyn Silesia {{Cieszyn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cieszyn
Cieszyn ( , ; cs, Těšín ; german: Teschen; la, Tessin; szl, Ćeszyn) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants (as of December 2021), and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Republic. Both towns belong to the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, and formerly as one town composed the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn. Geography The town is situated on the Olza river, a tributary of the Oder River, which forms the border with the Czech Republic. It is located within the western Silesian Foothills north of the Silesian Beskids and Mt. Czantoria Wielka, a popular ski resort. Cieszyn is the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, the southeasternmost part of Upper Silesia. Until the end of World War I in 1918 it was a seat of the Dukes of Teschen. In 1920 Cieszyn Silesia was divided between the two newly created states of Poland a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simoradz
Simoradz is a village in Gmina Dębowiec, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has an area of and a population of 996 (2006). Etymology The name originates from a personal name ''Siemorad'' or according to another sources from old Moravian language ''"sim oradz"'', meaning ''to till a land''. It used to be Germanised as ''Schimoradz''. History The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It was first mentioned in a written document from 1286 as ''Semoradz'', which recalls the local parson who supposedly read a curse on Henryk IV Probus in the church in Racibórz. Around 1300 the village was recolonised from Polish rights to German rights. It was again mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called ''Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' from around 1305 as ''item in Semoraz debent esse XX mansi, de quibus ad ecclesiam ibidem pertinent V) mansi ab antiquo''. It meant that the village was supposed to pay a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogrodzona, Silesian Voivodeship
Ogrodzona is a village in Gmina Dębowiec, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The name is of cultural origins and literally means '' fenced/penned lace, village' (feminine adjective from Polish '' ogrodzenie''). History The village lies the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It was first mentioned in a document of Bishop of Wrocław issued on 23 May 1223 for Norbertine Sisters in Rybnik among villages paying them a tithe, as ''Ogrozona''. Politically it belonged then to the Duchy of Opole and Racibórz and the Castellany of Cieszyn, which was in 1290 formed in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland into the Duchy of Teschen, ruled by a local branch of Silesian Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became a part of the Habsburg monarchy. The village became a seat of a Catholic parish, and was mentioned in the register of Peter's Pence payment from 1447 among the 50 parishes of Teschen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
