Goleszów | |
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 Location of Goleszów within Gmina Goleszów | |
  Goleszów | |
| Coordinates:49°44′8.52″N18°44′23.45″E / 49.7357000°N 18.7398472°E /49.7357000; 18.7398472 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Cieszyn |
| Gmina | Goleszów |
| Sołectwo | Goleszów Dolny Goleszów Górny Goleszów Równia |
| First mentioned | 1223 |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.11 km2 (4.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 4,276 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 43-440 |
| Car plates | SCI |
| Website | http://www.goleszow.pl |
Goleszów[ɡɔˈlɛʂuf] is a village and the seat ofGmina Goleszów (an administrative district) inCieszyn County inSilesian Voivodeship, southernPoland.
The name of the village is possessive in origin, derived from a personal nameGolesz.[1]
The village lies in the historical region ofCieszyn Silesia. It was first mentioned in a document ofBishop of Wrocław issued on 23 May 1223 forNorbertine Sisters inRybnik among villages paying them atithe, asGoles(u)ov(u)o.[2][3] Politically it belonged then to theDuchy of Opole and Racibórz and theCastellany ofCieszyn, which was in 1290 formed in the process offeudal fragmentation of Poland into theDuchy of Teschen, ruled by a local branch ofSilesian Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became afee of theKingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became a part of theHabsburg monarchy.
The village became a seat of a Catholicparish, according to a secondary source from the 19th century a stone church was already built in 1293. The parish was then mentioned in the register ofPeter's Pence payment from 1447 among the 50 parishes of TeschenDeanery asBoleschaw.[4]
After the 1540sReformation prevailed in the Duchy of Teschen and many local citizens becameLutherans. After issuing thePatent of Toleration in 1781 they subsequently organized a local Lutheran parish as one of over ten in the region.[5]
After theRevolutions 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. In the late 19th century Goleszów became an important railway junction. In 1898 acement plant was opened there, which led to industrialisation of the village.
According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the village grew from 1164 in 1880 to 2434 in 1910, with majority of the inhabitants being native Polish-speakers (98.5% in 1880 dropping to 90.9% in 1910), followed by a growing German-speaking population (18 or 1.5% in 1880 and 159 or 6.7% in 1910) and Czech-speaking people (5 or 0.4% in 1890 and 54 or 2.2% in 1910). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority whereProtestants (1622 or 66.7%), followed byRoman Catholics (750 or 30.8%) andJews (53 or 2.2%), there were also 9 persons being of another faith.[6] 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. A subcamp ofAuschwitz concentration camp operated there. After the war it was restored toPoland.
Goleszów lies in the southern part of Poland, approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of the nearest town-centre,Ustroń, 7 km (4 mi) south-east of the county seat,Cieszyn, 24 km (15 mi) south-west ofBielsko-Biała, 65 km (40 mi) south-west of the regional capitalKatowice, and 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the border withthe Czech Republic.
It is situated on several streams, among themRadoń, left tributary ofBładnica river (left tributary of theVistula). The village lies in theSilesian Foothills, between roughly 330–463 m (1,083–1,519 ft) (the height of theChełm Goleszówski hill)above sea level; 5 km (3.1 mi) north of theSilesian Beskids.
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There are two parishes in the village:
Goleszów also has a smallski jumping complex belonging to the club Olimpia Goleszów.
Vendryně (Wędrynia)
Saasen (Reiskirchen)
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