Wisła
Wisła ( [v ʲ iswa ] ) ( German Vistula, 1939-1945 Vistula OS 1945 High Vistula ) is a city in the powiat Cieszyński in Silesia in Poland.
It is located in the Silesian Beskids mountain on the eponymous river Vistula, which rises about ten miles southeast of downtown.
Boroughs
The town of Wisła divided into the following districts:
- Głębce ( Glembce )
- Malinka
- Wisła Center
- Jawornik
- Dziechcinka
- Kopydło
- Czarne (Wisła )
History
At the beginning of the 17th century, the forested area between Silesia, Poland and Hungary belonging to Slovakia was settled by Protestant religious refugees. The inhabitants lived mainly as sheep farmers and shepherds in the surrounding pastures.
Vistula became the seat of a Wallachian Voivode.
The village, which had almost exclusively Protestant residents received by the Patent of Tolerance Emperor Joseph II in 1782 the right to build a Protestant church.
At the end of the 19th century, the tourist boom Vistula began at a well-known summer resort.
Vistula belonged until 1919 to Austrian Silesia, and then became part of Poland.
1933 was the place a railway connection.
Vistula was with an extension of 110 km ², the village with the largest municipal area in the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship.
After the Polish campaign in 1939 Vistula was incorporated into the German Reich and was a member of the district of Teschen. 1945, the site was again part of Poland.
Wisła has since 1962 a city charter.
The Weichseler highlanders preserve their customs, their costumes, lifestyles and architecture to this day. Moreover, in Wisła still the Protestant faith (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland ) is of great importance since it is the only city in Poland, where the majority of the residents of this community of faith belongs.
Attractions
- The Beskidenmuseum in Wisła (Muzeum w Beskidzkie Wiśle ) is housed in a historic building in the center of the Vistula. Originally there was an inn from the 18th century.
- Evangelical Church of St. Peter and Paul (built in 1838, classicism )
Population Development
Personalities
- Jerzy Pilch (* 1952 in Wisła), Polish writer
- Adam Malysz ( * 1977 in Wisła), Polish ski jumper
- Rafał Śliż (* 1983 in Wisła), Polish ski jumper