Skoczów

Skoczów ( Skoczów German, Czech: Skočov ) is a city in the Polish province of Silesia. Skoczów located north of the Silesian Beskid Mountains, on the Vistula, is the powiat Cieszyński to.

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History

Skoczów is the oldest town on the upper Vistula and a legend was founded by already 917. 1470 Skoczów was completely destroyed by fire. In the same year Duke Casimir II of Cieszyn built the city again and enlarged it. There were two other fires between 1713 and 1756th

1853 was installed in the city center five oil lamps always light until midnight. 1910 raged again a fire in the city, which destroyed a school, a courthouse and 21 houses in the city center. Skoczów was a linguistically, religiously mixed city as. In the 1910 census Skoczów had 3744 inhabitants, of whom 1863 used German and Polish in 1784 as slang. 2443 inhabitants were Catholic, Protestant and other 1042 247 Jewish faith.

1995 Pope John Paul II, the city Skoczów and there spoke of the coming Skoczów John Sarkander sacred.

Population Development

Culture

  • Museum of St John Sarkander ( pl. Muzeum Św. Jana Sarkandra )
  • Gustav - Morcinek Museum ( pl. Muzeum im. G. Morcinka )

Community

The urban and rural community Skoczów divided into the eponymous capital of and the following districts:

  • Bładnice ( Bladnitz )
  • Harbutowice ( Harbutowitz )
  • Kiczyce ( Kitschitz )
  • Kowale ( Kowali )
  • Międzyświeć ( Miendziswiec )
  • Ochaby ( Ochab )
  • Pierściec ( Perstetz )
  • Pogórze ( Pogorsch )
  • Wilamowice ( Willamowitz )
  • Wiślica ( Wislitz )

Twin Cities

  • Chapel, The Netherlands
  • Békéscsaba, Hungary
  • Karviná, Czech Republic
  • Martin, Slovakia

Personalities

  • Marie Adamczyk (1879-1973), Austrian nurse
  • Ludwig Klimek (1912-1992), Polish artists and French artists
  • John Sarkander (1576-1620), Moravian clergyman and Bohemian saint

References

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