Bobrek, Cieszyn

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Bobrek in its pre-1932 borders highlighted on map of Cieszyn

Bobrek is a district of Cieszyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was a separate municipality, but became administratively a part of Cieszyn in 1932.

First mentioned in 1322.[1]

According to the Austrian census of 1910 Bobrek had 2,820 inhabitants, 2,790 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 2,241 (80,3%) were Polish-speaking, 438 (15,7%) were German-speaking and 111 (4%) were Czech-speaking. Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 1,724 (61,3%) followed by the Protestants with 1073 (38%), 17 Jews (0,6%), and 6 (0,2%) of other religion.[2]

Historical population:

  • 1802: 464[3]
  • 1900: 1850 (area of 767 ha)[4]
  • 1910: 2820
  • 1932: 2984 (767,7 ha)[5]

  • Catholic church in Bobrek

  • Fire department in Bobrek

  • Bobrek West housing estate

  • Former building of Polish teachers' seminar built in 1911

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Miękina 2010, 7.
  2. ↑ Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.
  3. ↑ Miękina 2010, 11.
  4. ↑ Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder, bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900, XI. Schlesien, Wien 1906.
  5. ↑ Miękina 2010, 119

References

  • Miękina, Leon (2010). Po bobreckich śladach... Cieszyn: Macierz Ziemi Cieszyńskiej. ISBN 978-83-88271-38-0. 
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Coordinates: 49°45′17″N 18°38′0″E / 49.75472°N 18.63333°E / 49.75472; 18.63333


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