Poręba Wielka is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Oświęcim __NOTOC__ Gmina Oświęcim is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Oświęcim, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina c ...

, in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of

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and west of the regional capital

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History

The village was established in 1285 by komes Adam under name ''Sępnia'', which however did not endure long as the village was later mentioned in 1326 in the register of

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payment among Catholic parishes of

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ry of the Diocese of Kraków as ''Paromba''. Politically it belonged initially to the

Duchy of Racibórz Duchy of Racibórz (, , ) was one of the duchies of Silesia, formed during the medieval fragmentation of Poland into provincial duchies. Its capital was Racibórz in Upper Silesia. States and territories disestablished in the 1200s States and ...

and the

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, which was in 1315 formed in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland into the

Duchy of Oświęcim The Duchy of Oświęcim (), or the Duchy of Auschwitz (), was one of the Duchies of Silesia in the lands of Lesser Poland (Małopolska), formed in the aftermath of the fragmentation of Poland, centered around Oświęcim. It was established a ...

, ruled by a local branch of the Silesian Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a

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of the

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. In 1457

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agreed to sell the duchy to the Polish Crown, and in the accompanying document issued on 21 February the village was mentioned as ''Poramba''. The territory of the Duchy of Oświęcim was eventually incorporated into Poland in 1564 and formed the

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of Kraków Voivodeship. Upon the

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in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia. After

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and fall of

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it became part of

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. It was annexed by

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at the beginning of

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, and afterwards it was restored to Poland.

References

External links

Website dedicated to village
GminaOświęcim.pl Villages in Oświęcim County {{Oświęcim-geo-stub