Official Name: | Chybie |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cieszyn |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Chybie |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Bożena Kunc |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 11.22 |
Area Land Km2: | 11.22 |
Area Water Km2: | 0 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.33 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.33 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Est: | 3903 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 3900 |
Population Density Km2: | 347.9 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 901.4 |
Population Rank: | 9th in Cieszyn |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 49.8949°N 18.8133°W |
Elevation Ft: | 833 |
Elevation M: | 254 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 43-520 |
Area Code: | 33 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | SCI |
Blank1 Name: | SIMC feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0050765 |
Website: | www.chybie.pl |
is a village and the seat of Gmina Chybie in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies in the Upper Vistula Valley within Oświęcim Basin and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. There is a nature reserve called Rotuz in the eastern part of the village.
It was first mentioned in a written document in 1568 as Zeleny Chyb.[1] Politically it belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy.
After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. The village as a municipality was subscribed to the political district of Bielsko and the legal district of Strumień. A sugar mill was established by Teschener Kammer in the village in 1884 (defunct since 2009).
According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 676 in 1880 to 1231 in 1910 with a dwindling majority being native Polish-speakers (from 93.4% in 1880 to 80.9% in 1910) and a growing German-speaking minority (from 36 or 5.4% in 1880 to 164 or 13.5% in 1910) and Czech-speaking (from 8 or 1.2% in 1880 to 67 or 5.5% in 1910), in terms of religion majority were Roman Catholics (92.5% in 1910), followed by Protestants (52 or 4.2% in 1910), Jews (35 or 2.8%) and 6 persons adhering to yet another faith.[2] The village was also traditionally inhabited by Cieszyn Vlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect.
After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Poland. In 1927-1930 a church was built in the village as a filial church of Strumień (in 1957 it became an independent parish). It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Poland.
Polish actor Henryk Machalica was born in the village.
Annual cultural festival is Żabionalia.
The RKS Cukrownik Chybie soccer team was founded in 1937, currently plays in regional league of Silesian Voivodeship.
The RKS Cukrownik Chybie woman team of table tennis was founded in 1979, currently plays in second division of national league, where it advanced in 2002.
Chybie has one park in the centre of village.
Chybie has only two sister cities: