Kozakowice
Sign in to saveKozakowice is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, close to the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Traditionally as well as currently they form two sołectwos: Kozakowice Dolne and Kozakowice Górne.
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Kozakowice is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, close to the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Traditionally as well as currently they form two sołectwos: Kozakowice Dolne and Kozakowice Górne.
== History == The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Goschegowitz debent esse XIII mansi. It meant that the village was supposed to pay a tithe from 13 greater lans. The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia.
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