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Cieszyn
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Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) 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 town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Republic. Both towns belong to the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, and formerly constituted the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn as a single town.
Cieszyn is a border town in southern Poland with about 33,500 people, located on the Olza River across from the Czech town of Český Těšín. The town is historically significant as the former capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn, a region that was once unified but is now divided between Poland and the Czech Republic.
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- Cieszyn
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- Cieszyn market square in November 2016
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- Brandmark
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- Location of Cieszyn in Poland
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- Poland Silesian Voivodeship#Poland
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- right
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- County
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- Cieszyn
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- Gabriela Staszkiewicz
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- First mentioned
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- 1155
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Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) 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 town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Republic. Both towns belong to the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, and formerly constituted the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn as a single town.
==Geography== left|thumb|Panorama of Cieszyn
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