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Wilamowice
Sign in to saveWilamowice (; earlier Willamowice; , ; ) is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town is inhabited by a Germanic ethnic group of Vilamovians, who speak the highly endangered Wymysorys language.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hecznarowice
- Region
- województwo śląskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 2,813
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wilamowice
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Wilamowice COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rynek w Wilamowicach 02.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Market Square
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Silesian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bielsko
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Wilamowice
- Settlement.area_total_km2
Key dates
- Inception
- 1250
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- LGBTQ-free zone
- Official name
- Wilamowice
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Wilamowice
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +3164
- Area
- +10.36
- Official website
- gmina.wilamowice.pl
- Image
- Rynek w Wilamowicach 02.jpg
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Wilamowice (; earlier Willamowice; , ; ) is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town is inhabited by a Germanic ethnic group of Vilamovians, who speak the highly endangered Wymysorys language.
==History== thumb|left|upright|Holy Trinity Church According to historians, after the desolation of Polish lands by the Mongol invasion in 1241, the then Silesian Piast rulers of the Duchy of Opole and Racibórz decided to bring settlers from the West to the deserted and destroyed lands around the Silesian Foothills, to revive agriculture, industry and trade. The area was settled in the course of the German eastward colonization of Slavic lands. In this way, around 1250, a group of colonists from the area of former Flanders came to the region, specifically from Friesland, near Bruges and established the settlement Wilamowice.