Wilkowyje (german: Wilkowy) is a

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(district) of

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, ...

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, southern

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. It was an independent village and a seat of gmina, which was absorbed by Tychy in 1951.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1287. During the political upheaval caused by

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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 ''Wlkowicze''. In the

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most of Silesia was conquered by the

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, including the village. After

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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 ...

306 out of 347 voters in Wilkowyje voted in favour of joining Poland, against 40 opting for staying in Germany. The village became a part of

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in Second Polish Republic. It was then annexed by

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at the beginning of

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. After the war it was restored to

References

Neighbourhoods in Silesian Voivodeship Tychy {{Silesian-geo-stub