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Cieszyn (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ ʃ ɪ n / CHESH-in, Polish: [ˈt͡ɕɛʂɨn] ⓘ; Czech: Těšín [ˈcɛʃiːn] ⓘ; German: Teschen; Latin: Tessin; Silesian: Ćeszyn) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship.
The population density of Cieszyn Silesia is about 360/km 2 (932/mi 2). The southern, mountainous part of the region is home to the Silesian Gorals, the indigenous people of the region. They have their own distinct culture which has influenced the culture of whole region. Cieszyn Silesia is known for its religious pluralism.
Český Těšín (right), Cieszyn (left) and the Olza River (centre) Český Těšín is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Karviná and 23 km (14 mi) east of Ostrava. It lies on the border with Poland in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and is a twin city with the Polish city of Cieszyn.
Skoczów (pronounced Sko-choof [ˈskɔt͡ʂuf] ⓘ, German: Skotschau, Czech: Skočov) is a town and the seat of Gmina Skoczów in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 14,385 inhabitants (2019). The town lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The name of the town is of possessive origin, derived from personal ...
The Cieszyn Piast rule continued until 1653, when the male line became extinct with the death of Adam Wenceslaus' son Frederick William amidst the Thirty Years' War in 1625. The intentions of the Habsburg rulers to seize the duchy as a reverted fief were initially thwarted by his surviving sister, Duchess Elizabeth Lucretia , who began a ...
Cieszyn Silesia Euroregion (pink) compared to the historical borders of Cieszyn Silesia (blue dotted line) Presentation of the Euroregion in Brno (2010) Euroregion Cieszyn Silesia (Polish: Euroregion Śląsk Cieszyński, Czech: Euroregion Těšínské Slezsko) is one of the euroregions (transnational co-operation structures) between Poland and Czech Republic.
Cieszyn County (Polish: powiat cieszyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech and Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
Wisła (Polish: ⓘ; German: Weichsel [ˈvaɪksl̩] ⓘ; Czech: Visla; Silesian: Wistula) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 (2019), near the border with the Czech Republic.