Mnich, Silesian Voivodeship
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Mnich [mnix] is a village in Gmina Chybie, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.[1] It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
History
The village was founded in the late 16th century when the area belonged to
fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which was also a part of the Habsburg monarchy
.
After
Protestants (6%), Jews (7 people) and 1 person adhering to yet another faith.[5] The village was also traditionally inhabited by Cieszyn Vlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect
.
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.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mnich, Silesian Voivodeship.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9.
- ISSN 0208-6336.
- ISBN 978-83-910611-5-2.
- ^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 261, 280.
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