Wieszczęta

Coordinates: 49°49′43.1″N 18°51′29.7″E / 49.828639°N 18.858250°E / 49.828639; 18.858250
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Wieszczęta
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Wieszczęta [vjɛʂˈt͡ʂɛnta] is a village in Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

History

The village was created in the 16th century.

fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy
.

After

Roman Catholics (47.5% in 1910).[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.

There is a Lutheran church in the village, built as a cemetery chapel in 1916, destroyed in World War II and rebuilt afterwards. A separate Lutheran parish from Skoczów was created in 1994.

Footnotes

  1. ^ J. Polak, 2011, p. 9
  2. ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9
    .
  3. ISSN 0208-6336
    .
  4. ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9
    .
  5. ^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 261, 279.

References

  • Polak, Jerzy (2011). Obrazki z dziejów gminy Jasienica. Cieszyn:
    ISBN 978-83-922005-6-7
    .

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