Brenna | |
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Village | |
 View of Brenna | |
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  Brenna  Brenna | |
| Coordinates:49°43′34.39″N18°54′20.64″E / 49.7262194°N 18.9057333°E /49.7262194; 18.9057333 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Silesian |
| County | Cieszyn |
| Gmina | Brenna |
| First mentioned | 1490 |
| Area | |
• Total | 78.3 km2 (30.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 6,134 |
| • Density | 78.3/km2 (203/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 43-438 |
| Car plates | SCI |
| Website | http://www.brenna.org.pl |
Brennaⓘ is a village in and the seat ofGmina Brenna,Cieszyn County,Silesian Voivodeship, southernPoland, located in the historical region ofCieszyn Silesia.It is located in theSilesian Beskids mountain range, along the riverBrennica, right tributary of theVistula river.
The village was first mentioned in 1490 asz Brennej (from Brenna).[1][2] Politically the village belonged then to theDuchy of Teschen, afee of theKingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of theHabsburg monarchy.
In years 1573/1577–1594 it belonged toSkoczów-Strumieństate country that was split from the Duchy of Teschen but was later purchased back.[3] Since 1653 it belonged toTeschener Kammer.
AfterRevolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modernmunicipal division was introduced in the re-establishedAustrian Silesia. The village as a municipality was subscribed to thepolitical district ofBielsko and thelegal district ofSkoczów. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality dropped from 2986 in 1880 to 2963 in 1910, with majority of the inhabitants being native Polish-speakers (97.7–99.4%) and a dwindling minority of German speakers (62 or 2.1% in 1880 and 18 or 0.6% in 1910) and rising Czech-speaking (7 or 0.2% in 1880 and 24 or 0.8% in 1910), most of the citizens wereRoman Catholics (2520, 85.1% in 1910), followed byProtestants (419, 14.1%) andJews (24, 0.8%).[4] The village was also traditionally inhabited bySilesian Gorals, speakingCieszyn Silesian dialect.
AfterWorld War I, fall ofAustria-Hungary,Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division ofCieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part ofPoland. It was thenannexed byNazi Germany at the beginning ofWorld War II. After the war it was restored toPoland.
Karol Holeksa, Polish politician, was born here.
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