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Bielsko-Biała (Polish: [ˈbjɛlskɔ ˈbjawa] ⓘ; Czech: Bílsko-Bělá; German: Bielitz-Biala, Silesian: Biylsko-Biołŏ; Wymysorys: Byłc-Bejł) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the 22nd largest city in Poland, and an area of 124.51 km 2 (48.07 sq mi). [3]
Bielsko [ˈbjɛlskɔ] ⓘ (German: Bielitz, Czech: Bílsko) was until 1950 an independent town situated in Cieszyn Silesia, Poland. In 1951 it was joined with Biała Krakowska to form the new town of Bielsko-Biała. Bielsko constitutes the western part of that town. Bielsko was founded by the Cieszyn Piast dukes in the late 13th century ...
The Bielsko-Biała Museum, also known as the Castle of the Sułkowski Princes (Polish: Zamek książąt Sułkowskich) is a museum for the city of Bielsko-Biała, Poland located in the historical Bielsko Castle. Three local branches of the museum have been established since the 1970s: the Julian Fałat Museum, the Museum of Technology and ...
The Bielsko-Biała City Hall is a Neo-Renaissance, historic city hall located at City Hall Square [pl] in Bielsko-Biała, administratively within the boundaries of the Biała Śródmieście district and within the registration area of Biała Miasto. It was built between 1895 and 1897 according to the design by Emanuel Rost [pl].
After the partition of the Duchy of Opole in 1281, Bielsko passed to the Dukes of Cieszyn. The town was first documented in 1312 when a Duke of Cieszyn granted a town charter. From 1457 the Biała River was the border between Duchy of Cieszyn (within the Holy Roman Empire) and Duchy of Oświęcim, belonged to the Kingdom of Poland.
The Saint Nicholas' Cathedral[1] (Kościół katedralny św. Mikołaja) is the main Roman Catholic Church of the city of Bielsko-Biała, in the Silesian Voivodship, Poland. [2] Saint Nicholas' Cathedral. It overlooks the market square (Rynek). Founded between 1443 and 1447, it was almost completely rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century ...
The Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec ( Latin: Dioecesis Bielscensis-Zyviecensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Bielsko and Żywiec in the ecclesiastical province of Kraków in Poland . It was established as the Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec from the Diocese of Katowice and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków on ...
Cieszyn Silesia covers the area of the former Duchy of Teschen, which existed from 1290 to 1918. Before 1290 the area constituted a castellany, which together with Castellany of Racibórz formed the Duchy of Racibórz in 1172. From 1202 it was a part of the united Duchy of Opole and Racibórz.