Landek Explained

Official Name:Landek
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:Kazimierz Majcher
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1564
Area Total Km2:4.47
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:601
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:49.8807°N 18.8719°W
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:SBI

Landek is a village in Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.[1] Landek lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

History

The village was created in the 16th century by Wacław Rudzki, the owner of Rudzica, with a help from German settlers.[2] It was first mentioned in 1564 as Liandek.[3] [4] 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. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality dropped from 328 in 1880 to 302 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (100% in 1880 dropping to 98.7% in 1910) accompanied by a few German-speaking people (at most 4 or 1.3% in 1890) and 1 Czech-speaking person (in 1910), in terms of religion in 1910 majority were Roman Catholics (96.7%), followed by Protestants (10 or 3.3%).[5]

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. It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Poland.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. J. Polak, 2011, p. 9
  3. Book: Panic, Idzi . Idzi Panic

    . 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 .

  4. Book: Mrózek, Robert . Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego . Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia . . 1984 . Katowice . 103 . Polish . 0208-6336.
  5. Book: Piątkowski, Kazimierz . Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem . Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego . 1918 . Cieszyn . 261, 280 . Polish .