Wiślica, Silesian Voivodeship

Coordinates: 49°49′20.03″N 18°46′52.24″E / 49.8222306°N 18.7811778°E / 49.8222306; 18.7811778
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Wiślica [viˈɕlit͡sa] is a village in Gmina Skoczów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.[1]

Etymology

The name of the village is of topographic origin, derived from the name of the river Vistula (Polish: Wisła).[2] Some sources claim that the name is connected with the Vistulans tribe, however the village is too young to have existed in the tribal era. The name was mostly Germanised as Wislitz.

History

The village lies in the historical region of

fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which, after 1526, became a part of the Habsburg monarchy. In years 1573/1577–1594 it belonged to the Skoczów-Strumień state country that was split from the Duchy of Teschen but was later repurchased.[4]

After the

Roman Catholics.[5]

After World War I, the fall of Austria-Hungary, the 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.

Mayors

  • Jan Piecha ?-1876[6]
  • Jan Wardas 1876-1878[7]
  • Paweł Nalewajka ?-1882[8]
  • Paweł Lebiedzik 1903-1909[9]

Geography

Wiślica lies in the southern part of Poland, north of Skoczów, 14 km (9 mi) north-east of the county seat, Cieszyn, 19 km (12 mi) west of Bielsko-Biała, 55 km (34 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice, and 14 km (8.7 mi) east of the border with the Czech Republic.

The village is situated on a top of one of the hills of the

above sea level, 10 km (6.2 mi) north-west of the Silesian Beskids; The hills rises over the left bank of the Vistula river and its eastern slope is covered by a forest protected as a nature reserve
, called Skarpa Wiślicka.

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^
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  3. ISBN 978-83-926929-3-5
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  4. ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9
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  5. ^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 261, 279.
  6. ^ M. Morys-Twarowski: Wójtowie na Śląsku Cieszyńskim 1864-1918. Studium prozopograficzne. T. 3. Kraków 2018, p. 350.
  7. ^ M. Morys-Twarowski: Wójtowie na Śląsku Cieszyńskim 1864-1918. Studium prozopograficzne. T. 3. Kraków 2018, p. 351.
  8. ^ M. Morys-Twarowski: Wójtowie na Śląsku Cieszyńskim 1864-1918. Studium prozopograficzne. T. 3. Kraków 2018, p. 352.
  9. ^ M. Morys-Twarowski: Wójtowie na Śląsku Cieszyńskim 1864-1918. Studium prozopograficzne. T. 3. Kraków 2018, p. 356.
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