Bażanowice | |
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Village | |
 Old farmhouse in Bażanowice | |
  Bażanowice | |
| Coordinates:49°44′14.02″N18°42′16.55″E / 49.7372278°N 18.7045972°E /49.7372278; 18.7045972 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Cieszyn |
| Gmina | Goleszów |
| First mentioned | 1523 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jan Polok |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 1,255[1] |
| • Density | 329/km2 (853/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 43–440 |
| Car plates | SCI |
Bażanowice (/baʐanɔvit͡sɛ) is a village inGmina Goleszów,Cieszyn County,Silesian Voivodeship, southernPoland, close to the border with theCzech Republic. It lies in theSilesian Foothills in the historical region ofCieszyn Silesia.
The name ispatronymic in origin derived from personal nameBażan.[2]
It was first mentioned in a written document in 1523 asBazanowicze.[2] Politically it belonged then to theDuchy of Teschen, 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 andlegal district ofCieszyn. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 361 in 1880 to 522 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (between 94.8% and 98.5%) accompanied by a small German-speaking minority (at most 27 or 5.2% in 1910). In terms of religion in 1910 majority wereProtestants (73%), followed byRoman Catholics (25.8%) andJews (6 people).[3] 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.
In 1930 adairy was founded in the village, it operates to date producingemmentaler and other milk products.
It was thenannexed byNazi Germany at the beginning ofWorld War II. After the war it was restored toPoland.
There is a church of theEvangelical-Augsburg Church in the village. It was built in 1981 by Stanisław Kwaśniewicz.
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