Wapienica, Bielsko-Biała

Coordinates: 49°48′30″N 18°59′02″E / 49.80833°N 18.98389°E / 49.80833; 18.98389
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Wapienica
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Area code(+48) 033

Wapienica (German: Lobnitz) is an osiedle (district) of Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The osiedle has an area of 25.8856 km2 and on December 31, 2006, had 10,439 inhabitants.[1]

It is located in the western part of the city, alongside Wapienica river.

History

The village was established in the middle of the 16th century and was first mentioned in 1571 as Lopnitz.[2] The village was most probably established be German settlers but they borrowed the name of the settlement from the Slavic name of the local stream Łopienica.[3]

Politically it belonged initially to the

fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and also a part of the Habsburg monarchy. Soon after in 1572 it became a part of the Bielsko state country (since 1754 a duchy). In the 19th century it was partially industrialized due to its proximity to Bielsko
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After the

Roman Catholics (34.3%) and Jews (7 people), additional 10 people adhered to yet another faiths.[4] It was then considered to be a part of a German language island around Bielsko (German: Bielitz-Bialaer Sprachinsel).[5]

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. The local German-speaking population fled or was expelled.[6]

Wapienica became administratively a part of Bielsko-Biała in 1977.

References

  1. ^ Rada Miejska w Bielsku-Białej (21 December 2007). "Program rewitalizacji obszarów miejskich w Bielsku-Białej na lata 2007–2013" (PDF) (in Polish). pp. 9–10. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  2. ISSN 0208-6336
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  3. ISBN 978-83-60136-31-7
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  4. ^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 258, 277.
  5. ^ "hałcnowski i bielsko-bialska wyspa językowa". inne-jezyki.amu.edu.p (in Polish). Dziedzictwo językowe Rzeczypospolitej. 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  6. ISBN 978-83-60136-31-7
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