Kaczyce, Silesian Voivodeship

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Kaczyce
Village
Exaltation of the Cross wooden church
Kaczyce
Coordinates: 49°50′03.50″N 18°35′30.30″E / 49.8343056°N 18.5917500°E / 49.8343056; 18.5917500
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Cieszyn
Gmina Zebrzydowice
Established 14th century
Government
 • Mayor Helena Wawrzyczek
Area 9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population (2004) 3,008
 • Density 320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 43-417
Car plates SCI
Website http://www.kaczyce.net/

 Kaczyce (help·info) is a village in Gmina Zebrzydowice, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the border with the Czech Republic. It has a population of 3,008 (2004 est.). It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, on the Olza River.

The village was established in the 14th century, probably by Włodzimierz Kacz. It was first mentioned in 1332.[1] It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290, since 1327 a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia.

Since 1770 it was owned successively by the Spens family, baron Beess and, from the middle of the 19th century, by count Larisch. There is a wooden church dating from 1620 in the village, relocated here from Ruptawa near Jastrzębie Zdrój in 1971-1972. The Morcinek coal mine (named after writer Gustaw Morcinek) in the village was closed in 1997 after short activity.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Panic, Idzi (2010). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 303. ISBN 978-83-926929-3-5. 

References

  • Helena and Ludwik Bartoszek (2005). Wypisy z dziejów Zebrzydowic, Kaczyc, Kończyc Małych i Marklowic Górnych. 1305-2005. Zebrzydowice: Gminny Ośrodek Kultury w Zebrzydowicach. ISBN 83-908896-3-3. 
  • Cicha, Irena; Kazimierz Jaworski, Bronisław Ondraszek, Barbara Stalmach and Jan Stalmach (2000). Olza od pramene po ujście. Český Těšín: Region Silesia. ISBN 80-238-6081-X. 

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