Ogrodzona, Silesian Voivodeship

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Ogrodzona
Village
Church of Saint Matthew

Coat of arms
Ogrodzona
Coordinates: 49°46′13.78″N 18°43′32.82″E / 49.7704944°N 18.7257833°E / 49.7704944; 18.7257833
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Cieszyn
Gmina Dębowiec
First mentioned 1223
Government
  Mayor Ryszard Woźniak
Area 6.95 km2 (2.68 sq mi)
Population (2004) 838
  Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 43-426
Car plates SCI

Ogrodzona [ɔɡrɔˈd͡zɔna] is a village in Gmina Dębowiec, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.[1] It has a population of 838 (2004).

Ogrodzona is one of the oldest villages in Cieszyn Silesia. It was first mentioned in 1223 as Ogrozona, in a document of Bishop of Wrocław issued for Norbertine Sisters in Rybnik among villages paying them tithe.[2][3] It belonged then to the Duchy of Opole and Racibórz and Castellany of Cieszyn, which was in 1290 formed into the Duchy of Teschen.

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References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. 
  2. Panic, Idzi (2000). "Z badań nad osadami zanikłymi na Górnym Śląsku w średniowieczu. Uwagi w sprawie istnienia zaginionych wsi podcieszyńskich, Nageuuzi, Suenschizi, suburbium, Radouiza, Zasere, Clechemuje oraz Novosa". Pamiętnik Cieszyński (Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne Oddział w Cieszynie) (15): 29–37. ISSN 0137-558X. Retrieved 7 December 2012. 
  3. Panic, Idzi (2010). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 294. ISBN 978-83-926929-3-5. 

Coordinates: 49°46′13.78″N 18°43′32.82″E / 49.7704944°N 18.7257833°E / 49.7704944; 18.7257833

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