Pisarzowice, Bielsko County Explained

Pisarzowice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bielsko
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Wilamowice
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1326
Coordinates:49.8833°N 27°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:6 189
Website:http://www.pisarzowice.pl

Pisarzowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilamowice, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south of Wilamowice, 80NaN0 north-east of Bielsko-Biała, and 420NaN0 south of the regional capital Katowice.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1326 in the register of Peter's Pence payment among Catholic parishes of Oświęcim deaconry of the Diocese of Kraków as Villa scriptoris.[2] It is possible that it was founded by Władysław I Herman (1246-1281), the Duke of Opole after Mongol raids in the first half of the 13th century.

Politically the village belonged then to the Duchy of Oświęcim, formed in 1315 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In 1457 Jan IV of Oświęcim agreed to sell the duchy to the Polish Crown, and in the accompanying document issued on 21 February the village was mentioned as Pyszarowicze.[3]

The territory of the Duchy of Oświęcim was eventually incorporated into Poland in 1564 and formed Silesian County of Kraków Voivodeship. Upon the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia. After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became part of Poland. It was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II, and afterwards it was restored to Poland.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: Jan, Ptaśnik . Jan Ptaśnik . Monumenta Poloniae Vaticana T.1 Acta Camerae Apostolicae. Vol. 1, 1207-1344. Sumpt. Academiae Litterarum Cracoviensis. Cracoviae . 1913 . 147–150 . la.
  3. Book: Prokop, Krzysztof Rafał . Księstwa oświęcimskie i zatorskie wobec Korony Polskiej w latach 1438-1513. Dzieje polityczne. PAU. Kraków . 2002 . 151 . 83-88857-31-2 . pl.