Mazańcowice
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Mazańcowice [mazaɲt͡sɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
The name of the village is derived from personal name Mazaniec (Mazanek).[1] The name was first recorded (1305) with a typical Slavic ending -itcz (-ice), then it was also mentioned with a typical German ending -dorf (Mazanczendorff, 1452 and Matzdorff in 1566).[1]
History
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Mansanczovitcz.[2][3][4] It meant that the village was in the process of location (the size of land to pay a tithe from was not yet precised). The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia.
Politically the village belonged initially to the
After
After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Poland. It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Poland.
Landmarks
There is a Catholic Mary Magdalene Church and also a Lutheran church in the village.
Footnotes
- ^ ISSN 0208-6336.
- ISBN 978-83-926929-3-5.
- ^ Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis (in German). Breslau.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 258, 276.
References
- Polak, Jerzy (2011). Obrazki z dziejów gminy Jasienica. Cieszyn: ISBN 978-83-922005-6-7.
- Londzin, Józef (1932). Kościoły drewniane na Śląsku Cieszyńskim. Cieszyn: Dziedzictwo błog. Jana Sarkandra. pp. 192–196. OCLC 297540848.
External links
- (in Polish) Information at Gmina Jasienica website
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