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Country | Poland |
Region | Silesian Voivodeship |
Surface | 1233 km² |
Population | 2263 |
Area code | 48 33 |
Postal Code | 43-419 |
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Hażlach - village in Poland, in Silesian Voivodeship, in Cieszyn poviat, Hażlach commune.
Information
It is located within the historical region Cieszyn Silesiaand geographically in the Silesian Foothills.
Geographic coordinates: 49 ° 48′26 ″ N 18 ° 39′08 ″ E
The area of 1233.19 ha is inhabited by 2263 people (2009), i.e. the population density is 183.5 people / km².
History
The town was first mentioned in the Latin document "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (Book of salaries of the Wrocław bishopric, written during the times of Bishop Henryk of Wierzbno) around 1305 in a number of villages obliged to pay tithes to the bishopric in Wroclaw. The village was obliged to pay the tithes of 20 łans less. Its creation is related to the great settlement action (the so-called land and rent) carried out at the end of the 13th century in the territory of later Upper Silesia. For centuries, the village was owned by the nobility. In 1793, Hażlach was purchased by The Cieszyn Chamber from the Monks.
According to the Austrian census of 1900, 1,282 people lived in 175 buildings on the area of 1,233 ha (i.e. the population density was 104 people / km²), of which 807 (62.9%) were Catholic, 469 (36.6%) were Protestant and 6 (0.5%) followers of Judaism; 1,255 (97.9%) were Polish, 19 (1.5%) German and 1 (0.1%) Czech. By 1910, the number of buildings increased to 183, inhabitants to 1,342, of which 1,336 were registered permanently, 1,327 (99.3%) were Polish, 8 (0.6%) were German-speaking and 1 person (0.1%) she was Czech speaking; 840 inhabitants (62.6%) were Catholic, 494 (36.8%) Protestants and 8 (0.6%) Jews.
After the end of World War I, in July 1920, by the decision of the Council of Ambassadors, the town was within its borders Polish.
In the years 1975-1998, the town was located in the then Bielskie Province.
The name can be found in many central administration documents, guides, and also on some maps Hammerwhich was in force until the end of 1996.
In 2005, the Hażlach commune published a book 700 years of Hażlach and Kończyce WielkieISBN 83-922804-0-7
Worth seeing
According National Heritage Institute, there is one historic building in the village - manor cellars from the 19th century (registry number: 937/68 from December 5, 1968 and A-370/78 from October 17, 1978).
Tourism
A bicycle route passes through the town:
- green bicycle route No. 13 - Ustron - Jastrzebie Zdroj - Rybnik 82 km long.
Where next
You should visit the 18th-century wooden church of st. Michael the Archangel, one of the largest wooden churches in the Silesian Foothills. Inside, one cannot help but notice the beautiful rococo baptismal font, decorated with the scene of the baptism of Christ in Jordan. Also the 750-year-old "Mieszko" is the oldest oak in Silesia, with a trunk circumference of 910 cm and a height of 35 m, which gives it a place among the 15 largest oaks in Poland.
- Pruchna, (through which the provincial road No. 938 runs Katowice – Cieszyn) is a place worth seeing churches: Evangelical-Augsburg pw. Of the Lord's Resurrection (ul. Główna 66), built in 1893 and the Roman Catholic church of st. Anna (ul. Główna 37), built in the years 1871-1873 on the site of the former wooden church. An interesting relic of the past is the last penitential cross in Cieszyn Silesia (58 Katowicka Street).
Website: http://www.hazlach.pl, http://www.infotur.olza.pl
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