Official Name: | Biery |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bielsko |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Jasienica |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Maria Bury |
Area Total Km2: | 2.164 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 1284 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 49.7964°N 18.9132°W |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | SBI |
Biery is a village in Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
The village was created in the 16th century by the owners of Grodziec.[1] Originally it was named Birowy, and first appeared on a map from 1563.[2] However other source from 1610, issued by Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn, cites a privilege from 1554, where the village was already supposedly mentioned.[3]
There is a Catholic Heart of Jesus church in the village.
Inventor Józef Bożek was born here in 1782.
. Idzi Panic . Śląsk Cieszyński w początkach czasów nowożytnych (1528-1653) . Cieszyn Silesia in Early modern period (1528-1653) . Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie . 2011 . Cieszyn . 165 . Polish . 978-83-926929-5-9 .