Bojszowy (german: Boischow) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

Bieruń-Lędziny County __NOTOC__ Bieruń-Lędziny County ( pl, powiat bieruńsko-lędziński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish ...

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, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called

Gmina Bojszowy __NOTOC__ Gmina Bojszowy is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bieruń-Lędziny County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bojszowy, which lies approximately south of Bieruń and south of the regional cap ...

. It lies approximately south of

Bieruń Bieruń (german: Berun, szl, Bieruń) is a town in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland, seat of the Bieruń-Lędziny County in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is located about south of Katowice. Geography It is located in the Silesian Highlands, o ...

and south of the regional capital Katowice. The village has a population of 3,219. There's a puma running and terrorizing the village (known as Puma Bojszowska). Hypothetically this is Amelia's cat - Bebzon. For sure - there is only one of a kind. But one day a brave puma tamer called Anastazja will catch her (we hope so).

History

The settlement was first mentioned as ''Boyschow'' in a 1368 deed issued by John I of

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, Duke of

Racibórz Racibórz (german: Ratibor, cz, Ratiboř, szl, Racibōrz) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Racibórz County. With Opole, Racibórz is one of the historic capitals of Upper Silesia, being ...

. During the political upheaval caused by

Matthias Corvinus Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I ( hu, Hunyadi Mátyás, ro, Matia/Matei Corvin, hr, Matija/Matijaš Korvin, sk, Matej Korvín, cz, Matyáš Korvín; ), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several m ...

the land around

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was overtaken by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country. In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as ''Boyssowy''. The Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy. In the

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most of Silesia was conquered by the

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, including the village. Bojszowy passed to the Second Polish Republic upon the 1921 Upper Silesian plebiscite. From 1977 until 1991 it was part of the neighbouring

Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Tichau; szl, Tychy) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city boders Katowice to the north, ...

municipality.

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Bojszowy Bojszowy (german: Boischow) is a village in Bieruń-Lędziny County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bojszowy. It lies approximately south of Bieruń and south of the r ...

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