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3 unusual facts about Cieszyn


2010 Polish Figure Skating Championships

the Novice skaters skated in Cieszyn during the Three Nationals Championships but only Ice Dancers started internationally.

ATM Grupa

In 2007, at the Wakacyjne Kadry Film Festival held in Cieszyn, Pit Bull was awarded Best Thriller Series and Agnieszka Dygant won Best Actor in a Thriller Series for her role of Black in Crime Wave.

Teschen

Teschen is the German name of a town on the Olza River divided in 1920 into the towns of Cieszyn, Poland and Český Těšín, Czech Republic.


Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn

In 1617 Adam Bysiński from Bysina, heir of Iłownica, accused three Cieszyn noblemen to poisoned Adam Wenceslaus: Erazm Rudzki, speaker of the Chancellor, Waclaw Pelhrzim from Trzenkowice (von Pelchrzim), a Judge court, and Piotr Gurecki from Kornice on Jaworzu.

Andrzej Kusionowicz Grodyński

After completing his schooling he attended universities in Kraków, Graz and Vienna, then moved to Cieszyn Silesia due to his keen interest in Polish affairs centred in that region.

Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn

He was the eldest child and only son of Bolesław II, Duke of Cieszyn, by his wife Anna, daughter of Ivan Vladimirovich, Prince of Bielsk.

Cieszyn Silesia Euroregion

It comprises a large part of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia (except for Bielsko, Frýdek and several villages in the western and eastern part of Cieszyn Silesia belonging to Euroregion Beskidy).

Drogomyśl

In the years 1788-1897 Lutheran church was built here, as one of the last in Cieszyn Silesia after 1782 Edict of Tolerance was issued and before Spring of Nations.

Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Johann, Viceroy of Valencia
Frederick
William, Archbishop of Riga
John Albert, Archbishop of Magdeburg
Frederick Albert
Gumprecht
Elisabeth
Margaret
Sofie, Duchess of Legnica
Anna, Duchess of Cieszyn
Barbara
Elisabeth, Margravine of Baden-Durlach
Barbara, Landgravine of Leuchtenberg

Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein

In the first marriage, he married Agnes, a daughter of Count Enno III of East Frisia and in the second marriage Elizabeth Lucretia, a daughter of Duke Adam Wenceslaus of Cieszyn and herself a ruling Duchess of Cieszyn.

History of Bielsko-Biała

The town was first documented in 1312 when a Duke of Cieszyn granted a town charter.

Jakub Skrobanek

Spyra Janusz, Honorowi obywatele miasta Cieszyna 1849-1938, (w:) 500 lat ratusza i rynku w Cieszynie, Cieszyn 1996, s.

Karol Piegza

He graduated from a school for teachers in Cieszyn-Bobrek and eventually worked as a teacher in Polish schools in Zaolzie — in Lazy (Orlová), Orlová, Stonava, and after the war in Jablunkov.

Karviná

Until the 19th century Karviná was a low importance village of Cieszyn Silesia, lying near the important town of Fryštát.

Leszna Górna

After the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the western part of the village was incorporated into Czechoslovakia and called Horní Líštná.

Marklowice Górne

They were briefly reunited in the same country 1938-39 after Poland's annexation of Zaolzie, although as two separate gminas in two different powiats: Cieszyn (Marklowice Górne) and Frysztat (Marklowice Dolne).

Mieszko I, Duke of Cieszyn

He also gave city rights to several towns: Cieszyn, Oświęcim (in 1291), Bielsko, Skoczów and Fryštát.

Muzeum Śląska Cieszyńskiego

archaeology: Materials from excavation research on the castle mountain in Cieszyn and in the town centers of Międzyświeć and Bielsko

The museum has regional branches in Górki Wielkie, Skoczów and Wisła and cooperates with Książnica Cieszyńska in Cieszyn and Muzeum Těšínska in Český Těšín, the Czech part of the town.

Przemyslaus I Noszak, Duke of Cieszyn

The high point of this dispute was the murder of the Cieszyn Duke's eldest son Przemysław on 1 January 1406 in the town of Rybnik, during his return from Gliwice to Cieszyn, by a certain Martin Chrzan, who acted under instructions of Duke Jan II.

Przemysław of Toszek

His first decision as an independent ruler was caught up in conflict with the Bishop of Kraków, Zbigniew Oleśnicki, who purchased Siewierz from the Dukes of Cieszyn.


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