Kaczyce | |
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Village | |
 Exaltation of the Cross wooden church | |
  Kaczyce | |
| Coordinates:49°50′03.50″N18°35′30.30″E / 49.8343056°N 18.5917500°E /49.8343056; 18.5917500 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Cieszyn |
| Gmina | Zebrzydowice |
| First mentioned | 1332 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adam Moskwik |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 3,008 |
| • Density | 324/km2 (840/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 43-417 |
| Car plates | SCI |
| Website | http://www.kaczyce.net/ |
Kaczyceⓘ is a village inGmina Zebrzydowice,Cieszyn County,Silesian Voivodeship, southernPoland, on the border with theCzech Republic.[1] It lies in the historical region ofCieszyn Silesia, on theOlza River.
The village was first mentioned in 1333 asKaczyce(?).[2][3] It was probably founded by a knight mentioned in 1297 ascomite Wlodzimiro dicto Kacza.[3] Later it was mentioned asKatschitz (1413),Kaczycz (1416),Kaczicze (1447), and in 1723 two parts of the village were mentioned asNieder (Dolne, lit.Lower) andOber Katschütz (Górne, lit.Upper).[3]
Politically the village belonged initially to theDuchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process offeudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch ofPiast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became afee of theKingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of theHabsburg monarchy.
Since 1770 it was owned successively by the Spens family, baron Beess and, from the middle of the 19th century, by count Larisch.
AfterRevolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modernmunicipal division was introduced in the re-establishedAustrian Silesia. The village as a municipality was subscribed at first to thepolitical district ofTeschen and thelegal district ofFreistadt, which in 1868 became an independentpolitical district. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 1,098 in 1880 to 1,170 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (between 97.7% and 99.7%) accompanied by German-speaking (at most 20 or 2.1% in 1890) and by Czech-speaking people (at most 7 or 0.7% in 1900). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority wereRoman Catholics (99.6%), followed byProtestants (5 or 0.4%).[4]
AfterWorld War I, fall ofAustria-Hungary,Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division ofCieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part ofSecond Polish Republic and was transferred toCieszyn County. It was then annexed byNazi Germany at the beginning ofWorld War II. After the war it was restored to Poland.
There is a wooden church dating from 1620 in the village, relocated here fromRuptawa nearJastrzębie-Zdrój in 1971–1972. The Morcinek coal mine (named after writerGustaw Morcinek) in the village was closed in 1997 after short activity.
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