Strumień
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Strumień (German: Schwarzwasser) is a town in southern Poland, on the Vistula river. It had 3,450 citiziens as of 2004, and an area of 6.31 square kilometers.
Currently situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), Strumien was previously part of the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998).
It is located in the north-east part of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It is the smallest town of Cieszyn Silesia and one of the smallest in Poland.
[edit] Geography
Geographical coordinates: 49° 56′ N 18° 46′ E.
[edit] History
Because of its proximity to the Vistula, this little town has found itself under various national or imperial jurisdictions (see Duchy of Cieszyn). Most recently, the town existed (as Schwarzwasser) under Austrian dominion from 1653 until the end of the First World War. At this point it came under Polish control (as Strumien) until the annexation of Cieszyn Silesia by the Germans in 1941, at which point it became part of Nazi Germany (as Schwarzwasser again). At the end of World War II the town again came under Polish control, where it remains to this day.
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