Wisła Wielka

Wisła Wielka
Village

Holy Trinity church

Coat of arms
Wisła Wielka
Coordinates: 49°57′N 18°52′E / 49.950°N 18.867°E
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Pszczyna
Gmina Pszczyna
Population 1,900
Website http://www.wisla-wielka.pl/

Wisła Wielka [ˈviswa ˈvjɛlka] (German: Groß Weichsel) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pszczyna, within Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Pszczyna and 35 km (22 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice. The village has a population of 1,900.

The village of Wisła was first mentioned in 1223 as Vizla, 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. Later it belonged together with Wisła Mała to the state country of Pszczyna.

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.
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Coordinates: 49°57′N 18°52′E / 49.950°N 18.867°E