Bielsko district

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Administrative division of Austrian Silesia (1900)

The Bielitz district ( Polish : Powiat polityczny Bielsko ) was a political district in Austrian Silesia in the years 1850–1855 and 1868–1918 / 1920. The district included areas around Bielitz , since 1870 without the statutory city of Bielitz. The area was added to Poland after the First World War and is now part of the Polish Powiat Bielski , Powiat Cieszyński and the city of Bielsko-Biała .

history

From 1868 to 1920 it had an area of ​​758 km² and 67 parishes.

The population:

year Check-
residents 		Polish-
speaking 		German
speakers 		Czech-
speaking 		Roman Catholic Evangelical Jews
1880 67363 55,813 (83.5%) 10753 (16.1%) 268 (0.4%)
1890 71339 58692 (83.1%) 11678 (16.5%) 261 (0.4%) 43,354 (60.8%) 26,664 (37.4%) 1320 (1.8%)
1900 75593 60,434 (81%) 13,777 (18.5%) 406 (0.5%) 46512 (61.5%) 27580 (36.5%) 1470 (2%)
1910 82835 63580 (77.7%) 17,631 (21.5%) 663 (0.8%) 52456 (63.3%) 28,760 (34.7%) 1533 (1.9%)

Traditionally, the district was inhabited by the so-called Teschen Wallachians (Polish Wałasi ) in the west, Silesian Gorals in the south, who spoke the Teschen dialects , and Germans in the Bielitzer language island in the east. The results of the censuses and other factors affecting national identity are still discussed today (see: Czechoslovak-Polish border conflicts ).

In 1910 (excluding the city of Bielitz) 52,456 (63.3%) people were Roman Catholic, 28,760 (34.7%) Protestant, 1533 (1.9%) Israelite, 86 were of other faith. There were around 7400 (9.1%) immigrants from Galicia , while 1600 (1.2%) came from Bohemia and Moravia.

Localities

Community structure
Bielsko judicial district
  1. Alexanderfeld
  2. Old Bielitz
  3. Batzdorf
  4. Bistrai
  5. Braunau
  6. Czechowitz
  7. Dziedzitz
  8. Ellgoth
  9. Ernsdorf
  10. Heinzendorf
  11. Kamitz
  12. Lower Kurzwald
  13. Ober Kurzwald
  14. Lobnitz
  15. Matzdorf
  16. Nikelsdorf
  17. Zabrzeg
Schwarzwasser judicial district
  1. Bonkau
  2. Chybi
  3. Drahomischl
  4. Fröhlichhof
  5. Illownitz
  6. Landek
  7. Mnich
  8. Ochab
  9. Pruchna
  10. Riegersdorf
  11. Schwarzwasser (city)
  12. Zablacz
  13. Zaborz
  14. Zarzicz
  15. Zbitkau
Skotschau judicial district
  1. Baumgarten
  2. Bielowitzko
  3. Brenna
  4. Godzischau
  5. Golleschau
  6. Grodzietz
  7. Little Gurek
  8. Gross Gurek
  9. Harbutowitz
  10. Hermanitz
  11. Iskrzyczyn
  12. Kisielau
  13. Kitschitz
  14. Kostkowitz
  15. Kowali
  16. Lower Kozakowitz
  17. Ober Kozakowitz
  18. Lazy
  19. Lippowetz
  20. Lonczka
  21. Miendzyswietz
  22. Nierodzim
  23. Perstetz
  24. Pogorz
  25. Rostropitz
  26. Shimoradz
  27. Skotschau (city)
  28. Swientoszuwka
  29. Ustron M. (market town)
  30. Vistula
  31. Wieszczont
  32. Willamowitz
  33. Wislitz
  34. Zeislowitz

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ G. Wnętrzak, 2014, p. 24
  2. ↑ G. Wnętrzak, 2014, pp. 26, 37, 46
  3. ↑ Janusz Gruchała, Krzysztof Nowak: Śląsk Cieszyński od Wiosny Ludów do I wojny światowej (1848–1918) . Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie, Cieszyn 2013, ISBN 978-83-935147-3-1 , p. 20 (Polish).
  4. ↑ Ludwig Patryn (ed): The results of the census of December 31, 1910 in Silesia . Troppau 1912 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Śląsk Cieszyński od Wiosny Ludów ..., 2013, p. 16.

literature

  • Grzegorz Wnętrzak: Stosunki polityczne i narodowościowe na pograniczu Śląska Cieszyńskiego i Galicji zachodniej w latach 1897-1920 [Political and national relations in the border area of ​​Cieszyn Silesia and Western Galicia in the years 1897-1920] . Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2014, ISBN 978-83-7780-882-5 (Polish).
  • Ludwig Patryn (ed): The results of the census of December 31, 1910 in Silesia . Troppau 1912 ( online ).