Wilamowice | |
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Village | |
 Fire department in Wilamowice | |
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  Wilamowice | |
| Coordinates:49°47′27.42″N18°45′42.51″E / 49.7909500°N 18.7618083°E /49.7909500; 18.7618083 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Cieszyn |
| Gmina | Skoczów |
| First mentioned | 1331 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ryszard Drózd |
| Area | |
• Total | 278 km2 (107 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 543 |
| • Density | 1.95/km2 (5.06/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 43-430 |
| Car plates | SCI |
Wilamowice[vilamɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village inGmina Skoczów,Cieszyn County,Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.[1] It lies on south-western slopes ofGórka Wilamowicka (388 mabove mean sea level) inSilesian Foothills, in the historical region ofCieszyn Silesia.
The village was first mentioned in 1331 asWillamowitz.[2][3] Politically the village belonged then 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.
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 189 in 1880 to 178 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (90.9%-99%) and a small minority German-speaking (at most 15 or 8.4% in 1910) and Czech-speaking (at most 7 or 3.7% in 1890), in terms of religion majority wereProtestants (74% in 1910), followed byRoman Catholics (25.8% in 1910) and 2Jews.[4] The village was also traditionally inhabited byCieszyn Vlachs, 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.
Town and seat:Skoczów | ||
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