Istebna

Istebna
Village

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Istebna
Coordinates: 49°33′50.75″N 18°53′35.82″E / 49.5640972°N 18.8932833°E / 49.5640972; 18.8932833
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Cieszyn
Gmina Istebna
First mentioned 1583
Government
 • Mayor Danuta Rabin
Area
 • Total 47.41 km2 (18.31 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 5,007
 • Density 110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 43-470
Car plates SCI
Website http://www.ug.istebna.pl

 Istebna  is a large village and the seat of Gmina Istebna, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The village is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range, near to the borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Olza River flows through the village.

Etymology

The name is cultural in origin derived from the word (j)istba denoting a room in a (especially rural) house (see also izba). It is conjectured that the name was conveyed by settlers from Istebné who supposedly established the village. Historically it was also subscribed as Gistebna (1621, 1629) or Istebne (1724; the name in plural form: rooms).[1]

History

The village was first mentioned in the document from 1592 retrospectively mentioning the village Jistebne as existing in 1583.[2][1] It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a 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 Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 2,112 in 1880 to 2,245 in 1910 with the majority being native Polish-speakers (between 98.2% and 99.5%) accompanied by German-speaking (at most 33 or 1.5% in 1890) and Czech-speaking people (at most 15 or 0.7% in 1880). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics (93.9%), followed by Protestants (5.9%) and Jews (6 people).[3] The village was also traditionally inhabited by Silesian Gorals, speaking Jablunkov dialect.

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

Landmarks

There is a Catholic Good Shepherd Church church in the village, built in 1794 from previous wooden one.

People

Twin towns

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach. p. 80. ISSN 0208-6336.
  2. ↑ Panic, Idzi (2011). Śląsk Cieszyński w początkach czasów nowożytnych (1528-1653) [Cieszyn Silesia in the beginnings of Modern Era (1528-1653)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 167. ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9.
  3. ↑ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 266, 284.

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Coordinates: 49°33′50.75″N 18°53′35.82″E / 49.5640972°N 18.8932833°E / 49.5640972; 18.8932833


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