Paniowy (german: Groß Paniow) is a sołectwo in the west of Mikołów, Silesian Voivodeship, southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. It was an independent village but as a part of

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 4 ...

Mokre was administratively merged into Mikołów in 1975.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1282 as belonging to a knight ''Piotr'' (Peter). In 1325 a church was mentioned. A third and currently standing wooden Saints Peter and Paul church was built after 1757. After

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

in the

Upper Silesia plebiscite The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty and carried out on 20 March 1921 to determine ownership of the province of Upper Silesia between Weimar Germany and Poland. The region was ethnically mixed with bot ...

349 out of 403 voters in Paniowy (additionally 76 out of 101 in Paniowy manor goods) voted in favour of joining Poland, against 54 (plus 25 in Paniowy manor goods) opting for staying in Germany.

References

Neighbourhoods in Silesian Voivodeship Mikołów County {{Mikołów-geo-stub