Biery
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 Sacred Heart church | ||
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Biery [ˈbjɛrɨ] is a village in Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
The village was created in the 16th century by the owners of Grodziec.[1] Originally it was named Birowy, and first appeared on a map from 1563.[2] However other source from 1610, issued by Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn, cites a privilege from 1554, where the village was already supposedly mentioned.[3]
There is a Catholic Heart of Jesus church in the village.
Inventor
Józef Bożek
was born here in 1782.
Footnotes
- ^ J. Polak, 2011, p. 9
- ^ "Map of Stanisław Porębski, ca. 1563". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
- ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9.
References
- Polak, Jerzy (2011). Obrazki z dziejów gminy Jasienica. Cieszyn: ISBN 978-83-922005-6-7.
External links
- (in Polish) Information at Gmina Jasienica website
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