Zaborze, Cieszyn County
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Zaborze [zaˈbɔʐɛ] is a village in Gmina Chybie, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.[1] It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
Etymology
The name is of topographic origin and literally means [a place] behind a bór (bór is a Polish name for temperate coniferous forest).[2][3] In the 17th century it was known as Podpierściec (see a nearby village of Pierściec).
History
The area became part of the emering Polish state in the 10th century, and after its fragmentation into smaller duchies it formed part of the duchies of
After
After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became again 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.
Footnotes
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ISSN 0208-6336.
- ^ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 138.
- ^ W. Kiełkowski, 2009, p. 38.
- ^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 262, 280.
References
- Kiełkowski, Wojciech (2009). Chybie - dzieje gminy od czasów najdawniejszych do współczesności. Chybie: Gminny Ośrodek Kultury w Chybiu. ISBN 978-83-910611-5-2.
