Dębowiec - village in Poland, in Silesian Voivodeship, in Cieszyn poviat, which is the seat Dębowiec commune. The village lies within the historical borders of the region Cieszyn Silesia.
Information
Geographic coordinates: 49 ° 48′49 ″ N 18 ° 43′13 ″ E
In the years 1975-1998, the town belonged administratively to the then Bielsko Province. The village is inhabited by 1,786 inhabitants. The area of the village council is 1317 ha, which gives the population density of 135.6 people / km².
Postal code 43-426, numbering zone (48) 33.
The town is situated on the border of the Cieszyn Foothills, Wysoczyzna Kończycka and the Upper Vistula Valley. On the north side it neighbors with Pruchna and Ochaby, on the east with Wiślica (in a very short section), Simoradz, on the south-east with Iskrzyczyn, on the south with Kostkowice, in the west with Haslach and Rudnik (Cieszyn poviat). The landscape of the village is strongly shaped by the Knajka river flowing through it (left tributary of the Vistula) and along it, fish ponds (237 ha) and arable fields (approx. 50% of the area).
History
The town was first mentioned in the Latin document Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis]] (Book of salaries of the Wrocław bishopric), written down during the times of Bishop Henry of Wierzbno around 1305. The village was then politically within the borders of the Cieszyn Duchy of Piast established in 1290, which from 1327 was a fief of the Kingdom of Bohemia, and from 1526 as a result of the accession to the Czech throne by Habsburgs until 1918, together with the region in the Habsburg monarchy (colloquially Austria). In the 16th century, due to the shortage of food produced by the farmlands, the first fish farms began to be established in this area.
At the beginning of the 20th century, methane was discovered in the town and its explosion in 1911 caused a fire for several days. Then the gas began to be exploited.
In 1905, a unit of the Volunteer Fire Brigade was established in Dębowiec. In 1908, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the reign of the Austrian monarch Franz Joseph I, a school building was built. In 1912, a chapel, the present church of the Savior, was consecrated at the local Evangelical cemetery. After World War I, the town, as part of Cieszyn Silesia, became the subject of the Polish-Czechoslovak border conflict. Eventually, Dębowiec found itself in 1920 within the borders of the Second Polish Republic.
After the aggression of the German army against Poland in 1939, as a result of the outbreak of World War II, the town was incorporated into the Third Reich. On the night of February 15/16, 1941, the first "Cichociemni" were thrown into occupied Poland in Dębowiec. British bomber "Adolphus" he made his first flight to Poland to drop the jumpers under Włoszczowa; Navigator's mistake and lack of fuel forced him to drop paratroopers, who later got to Krakow. This event was commemorated by an obelisk unveiled in 1991 in the center of the town.
In January 1945, the retreating German army evacuated prisoners of the Goleszów branch of the Nazi extermination camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau. 19 were killed here on the way in the "death march". Dolce near the "Dólka" forest.
On November 10, 1993, a new school building was officially opened, which today houses a primary school and a junior high school.
After the Second World War, natural gas production was resumed. It is mined to this day, as is the iodine-bromine brine.
Tourism
The following bicycle routes pass through the town:
- blue bicycle route no.254 - Kaczyce - Kończyce Wielkie - Dębowiec (14 km)
- yellow bicycle route No. 11 - Landek - Skoczów - Cieszyn (39 km)
Worth seeing
- Entered in the register of immovable monuments and at the same time the oldest building, adjoining the cowshed, granary from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, located at ul. Szkolna 41. It is built of stone and brick, has an octagonal plan, and the spherical roof is covered with shingle. You can also see the remains of farm buildings,
- Many old oaks grow along the Knajka, five of which are registered as natural monuments,
- Dębowiec and the commune deserve a visit because of the beautiful landscapes, lush greenery, and numerous ponds. In Dębowiec ponds, such as: Górniok, Zamkowy or Morskie Oko, there are refuges and breeding grounds for various species of waterfowl,
- Noteworthy is the church of st. Małgorzata (ul. Cieszyńska 27),
- The brewery, which has been producing iodine-bromine salt for many decades, deserves special attention. A mushroom-shaped fountain was erected near the Municipal Office, from which the brine flows down and by evaporating it enriches the air with iodine, which is so necessary for our body,
- It is also worth visiting Dr Zabłocka's Salt Mine and Salt Works (ul. Szkolna 32, tel. 32 2508666, http://www.zablocka.pl), in where you can see devices for extracting, enriching brine and obtaining salt, as well as purchase various types of brine and salts that are used to treat, among others: degeneration of the joints and spine, rheumatic muscle inflammation and sciatica. The brine from Dębowiec is biologically pure, and 1 liter of it contains 20 times more iodine than in the Baltic Sea.
Tourist Information Point (Community Center for Culture, Sport and Tourism in Dębowiec), Łączka, ul. Widokowa 10, tel. 33 8588351, [email protected]
Accommodation
- Wellness Hotel "Dwór Dębowiec" ***, ul. Spółdzielcza 6, phone: 33 8588585, http://www.dwordebowiec.pl |
- Agritourism "Radecki Dwór", ul. Dębowa 8, tel. 33 8562284, http://www.radeckidwor.pl
- Willa Słoneczna, ul. Słoneczna 16, phone: 33 856 22 61, http://www.willasloneczna.pl
Pages on the Internet http://www.debowiec.euhttp://www.debowiec.cieszyn.plhttp://www.infotur.olza.pl
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