Goleszów

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Goleszów
Landscape near Goleszów as seen from the Chełm hill
Landscape near Goleszów as seen from the Chełm hill
Coat of arms of Goleszów
Coat of arms
Goleszów (Poland)
Goleszów
Goleszów
Coordinates: 49°44′3″N 18°44′19″E / 49.73417, 18.73861
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Cieszyn
Gmina Goleszów
First mentioned 1223
Population
 - Total 4,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 43-440
Car plates SCI
Website: http://www.goleszow.pl

Goleszów (German: Golleschau) is a village and and the seat of Gmina Goleszów in Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has population about 4,000. Goleszów lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

It was first mentioned in a written document in 1223, in 1293 a first stone church was built here. During World War II a subcamp of Auschwitz concentration camp operated here.

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Coordinates: 49°44′3″N, 18°44′19″E

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