Bełk, Silesian Voivodeship Explained

Bełk
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Rybnik
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Czerwionka-Leszczyny
Established Date:1289
Established Title:First mentioned
Coordinates:50.1308°N 18.71°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:3358

Bełk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, 130NaN0 north-east of Rybnik, and 250NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

The village has an area of 15.43 km2[2] and a population of 3,358.

History

The village was first mentioned 1289, when it belonged to a knight Andrzej (Andrew) nicknamed Belick. It was later also mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as Item apud Belconem ernut 30 mansi soluentes fertones expela libertate, de quibus prepositura Opoliensis de agris dudum cultis habet tres reliqui uero ad mensam domini episcopi pertinebunt.[3] [4]

The village became a seat of a Catholic parish in Żory deanery in Diocese of Wrocław, first mentioned in 1447 as Belk, in a complete register of Peter's Pence payment, composed by Nicholaum Wolff, an archdeacon of Opole.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Web site: Sołectwo Bełk. BIP Gminy i Miasta Czerwionka-Leszczyny. 2015-05-10. pl.
  3. Book: Schulte, Wilhelm . Wilhelm Schulte . Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis. Breslau . 1889 . de.
  4. Web site: Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis . 13 July 2014. la.
  5. Maroń. Franciszek. Rozwój sieci parafialnej w diecezji katowickiej aż do końca XV wieku. The development of a net of parish in Diocese of Katowice until the end of the 15th century. Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne. 118–119. 1969. pl. 2015-05-13. 2019-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20190228141044/http://www.wtl.us.edu.pl/e107_plugins/wtl_ssht/index.php?numer=2&str=101-167. dead.
  6. Registrum denarii sancti Petri in archidiaconatu Opoliensi sub anno domini MCCCCXLVII per dominum Nicolaum Wolff decretorum doctorem, archidiaconum Opoliensem, ex commissione reverendi in Christo patris ac domini Conradi episcopi Wratislaviensis, sedis apostolice collectoris, collecti. Zeitschrift des Vereins für Geschichte und Alterthum Schlesiens. H. Markgraf. Breslau. 27. 1893. 21 July 2014. de.