Cisownica
Sign in to saveCisownica is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, close to the border with the Czech Republic. In 2008 it had a population of 1,705. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia on the slopes of Mała Czantoria mountain.
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Vinony's link graph records 165 inbound references to Cisownica, and connects out to Poland, Czech Republic and World War I.
The entry is geolocated on the map in PL, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Cieszyn Silesia and Villages in Cieszyn County.
Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Cisownica
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- POL Cisownica Kościół EA Jana Chrzciciela.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Lutheran church of John the Baptist
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Silesian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cieszyn
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Goleszów
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Karol Macura
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1305
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9.5967
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cisownica
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Goleszów
- Population
- 1809
- Area
- 9.59
- Elevation
- 380
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- POL Cisownica Centrum.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cisownica
- postal code
- 43-440
- male population
- 866
- female population
- 943
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Religion
- People
- References
- External links
Cisownica is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, close to the border with the Czech Republic. In 2008 it had a population of 1,705. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia on the slopes of Mała Czantoria mountain.
The name of the village is derived from the taxus trees ("cis" in Polish) which grew here in the past in large numbers. Cisownica in recent years has become a popular tourist destination, due to its vicinity to the Silesian Beskids mountain range.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cisownica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations