Brzeźce

Brzeźce
Village
Our Lady of Scapular church

Coat of arms

Location of Brzeźce within gmina Pszczyna
Brzeźce
Location of Brzeźce within gmina Pszczyna
Coordinates: 49°58′N 18°49′E / 49.967°N 18.817°E / 49.967; 18.817Coordinates: 49°58′N 18°49′E / 49.967°N 18.817°E / 49.967; 18.817
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Pszczyna
Gmina Pszczyna
First mentioned 1326
Population 1,041
Website http://www.brzezce.info

Brzeźce [ˈbʐɛɕt͡sɛ] (German: Brzestz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pszczyna, within Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Pszczyna and 35 km (22 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

The village has a population of 1,041.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1326 in the register of Peter's Pence payment among Catholic parishes of Oświęcim deanery of the Diocese of Kraków as Breze.[2] It had an adnotation that a local priest, Konrad, does not play any taxes and is excommunicated.[3]

Politically it belonged then to the Duchy of Racibórz, within feudally fragmented Poland, but a year later it became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia. During the political upheaval caused by Matthias Corvinus the land around Pszczyna was overtaken by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country. In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as Brzezcze.[4] The Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In the War of the Austrian Succession most of Silesia was conquered by the Kingdom of Prussia, including the village.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Jan, Ptaśnik (1913). Monumenta Poloniae Vaticana T.1 Acta Camerae Apostolicae. Vol. 1, 1207-1344 (in Latin). Cracoviae: Sumpt. Academiae Litterarum Cracoviensis. pp. 147–150.
  3. ↑ Maroń, Franciszek (1969). "Rozwój sieci parafialnej w diecezji katowickiej aż do końca XV wieku" [The development of a net of parish in Diocese of Katowice until the end of the 15th century]. Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne (in Polish): 122.
  4. ↑ Musioł, Ludwik (1930). "Dokument sprzedaży księstwa pszczyńskiego z dn. 21. lutego 1517 R." Roczniki Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk na Śląsku. Katowice: nakł. Towarzystwa ; Drukiem K. Miarki. R. 2: 235–237. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.


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