Żabnica (Węgierska Górka)

Żabnica
	Żabnica
	Żabnica
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Żywiec
Gmina :	Węgierska Górka
Geographic location :	49 ° 35 ' N , 19 ° 9' E Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '50 " N , 19 ° 9' 23" E
Residents :	3120 (2008)
Postal code :	34-350
Telephone code :	(+48) 33
License plate :	SZY
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Żabnica is a village with a Schulzenamt of the municipality Węgierska Górka in the powiat Żywiecki of the Silesian Voivodeship , Poland .

geography

The place lies on the brook Żabnica in the Saybuscher Beskids ( Beskid Żywiecki ).

Neighboring towns are Węgierska Górka in the northwest, Cięcina in the north, Cisiec and Milówka in the southwest.

View from Barania Góra .

history

The settlement probably originated in the first half of the 17th century. It was first mentioned in a document in 1628.

During the first partition of Poland , Żabnica came to the new Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria of the Habsburg Empire in 1772 (from 1804).

Later in the 19th century the hamlets Koloniści (German: colonists ) and Niemcy (German: Germans ) emerged. In 1900 the village had 1966 inhabitants, of which 1855 were Polish-speaking, 89 were German-speaking, 14 spoke something else, in 1924 were Roman Catholic, 31 were Jews, 1 was of a different faith.

In 1918, after the end of the First World War and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Żabnica came to Poland. This was only interrupted by the occupation of Poland by the Wehrmacht in World War II .

From 1975 to 1998 Żabnica was part of the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship .