Twardorzeczka | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Żywiec |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Lipowa |
Established Title: | Established (separation from Radziechowy) |
Established Date: | 1948 |
Coordinates: | 49.65°N 24°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Elevation Min M: | 420 |
Elevation Max M: | 550 |
Population Total: | 1204 |
Twardorzeczka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipowa, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) south-west of Żywiec and 670NaN0 south of the regional capital Katowice.
It lies in Żywiec Basin alongside a Twardorzeczka stream flowing out from Silesian Beskids. There are two Tilia trees registered as natural monuments in the village.[2] The village began as a hamlet of Radziechowy, where it belonged to until its separation in 1948.
Monika Brodka, a Polish singer, grew up in the village.