Mszana Explained

See also: Mszana, Subcarpathian Voivodeship.

Mszana
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wodzisław
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Mszana
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1305
Coordinates:49.9692°N 18.5156°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Elevation Min M:230
Elevation Max M:280
Population Total:3559
Website:http://www.mszana.ug.gov.pl

Mszana is a village in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mszana.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) south-east of Wodzisław Śląski and 470NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Msana debent esse triginta mansi.[2] [3]

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  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Wilhelm . Schulte . Wilhelm Schulte . Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis. Pan Biblioteka Kórnicka . Breslau . 1889 . de.
  3. Web site: Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis . 13 July 2014. la.