Szczyrk

Szczyrk
	Szczyrk
	Szczyrk
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Bielsko-Biała
Area :	39.00 km²
Geographic location :	49 ° 42 ′ N , 19 ° 1 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ N , 19 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	460 m npm
Residents :	5734 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code :	43-370
Telephone code :	(+48) 33
License plate :	SBI
Economy and Transport
Street :	Gdansk - Bielsko-Biała
	Warsaw - Vienna
Next international airport :	Krakow
	Katowice
Gmina
Gminatype:	city
Residents:	5734 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Community number ( GUS ):	2402011
administration
Mayor :	Antoni Byrdy
Address:	; ul.Beskidzka 4 43-370 Szczyrk
Website :	www.szczyrk.pl
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From a bird's eye view

View from Klimczok

View from Skrzyczne

Pedestrian zone

Szczyrk (German Schirk ) is a Polish city in the Silesian Voivodeship in the Powiat Bielski . Along with Zakopane and Wisła, it is one of the most famous Polish winter sports resorts in the Carpathian Mountains . Szczyrk has 60 km of ski slopes and about 30 ski lifts. The city is a member of the Beskydy Euroregion and Beskidzka5 .

geography

Szczyrk is one of the southernmost and highest cities in Poland. The highest peak in the municipality is the Skrzyczne with 1257 m above sea level. There are other mountains in the vicinity: Malinowska Skała , Magura , Klimczok (1117 m). The urban area itself ranges from 450 m to 1000 m. Szczyrk is located in the Silesian Beskids in the valley of the Żylica south of Bielsko-Biała , east of Wisła and northwest of Żywiec . In addition to Bielsko-Biała and Wisła, Szczyrk also borders Brenna , Buczkowice , Lipowa and Wilkowice . 70% of the community area consists of forest and less than 5% is built on.

In the south-west under the mountain pass of the same name is the Salmopol district.

Districts

Since Szczyrk has grown together from numerous mountain villages that are scattered in the valleys of the Silesian Beskids, it has many self-contained districts:

Becyrk, Beskid, Beskidek, Biały Krzyż, Bieniadka, Bieńków, Bieńkula, Biła, Bobula, Borowina, Bugaj, Byrdów, Cerchlisko, Ciche, Czyrna, Doliny, Drodzyska, Dunacie, Gacioki, Jórkowszycondka, Gacioki , Karkoszczonka, Kaźmirula, Kępki, Kępy, Kotarz, Krupówki, Krzyków, Kubaszki, Kurówki, Lanckorona, Łączysko, Łąki, Majchrówka, Malinów, Migdalskie, Młaki, Mocarze, Mojsokasie, Nadzńćcówka, Pezoła, Nadzńcąck, Nadeznąckka, Nadzłcąckka, Nadzłcówka, now Pod Beskidem, Pod Brzeziny, Podskole, Podzwalisko, Porębskich, Pośrednie, Reich, Rombaniska, Salmopol, Sialisiokula, Sidzinów, Siodło, Skality, Stanickowskie, Stawisko, Suche, Szczyrk Dolny, Szczyrk Górny, Szczyrk Górny, Szlizwcula, Szczyrk Dolny, Szczyrk Górna , Wiatrówka, Wielki Kęs, Więzikówka, Wyrobiska, Zachańderka, Zagrody, Zapalenica, Zaprzelina, Za Wodą, Zwalisko.

history

middle Ages

The valley of the Talylica was settled from the Saybuscher basin in the 15th century . The beginnings of the village are connected with the settlement of the region around Żywiec by shepherds in the 15th and 16th centuries (see also: Goralen , the so-called Wallachian colonization originally began in Wallachia ). Some place names go back to the Romansh-speaking Wallachians. Historically, the place belongs to the Saybuscher Land region of Lesser Poland .

Modern times

In 1630 a first census was taken in Szczyrk for tax purposes. Salmopol, a Lutheran settlement of the Silesian Gorals , was first mentioned in 1688. The residents lived from forest management and sheep breeding, but also agriculture and weaving.

Division time

In 1772 with the first partition of Poland , the place fell to Austria . In the 19th century, living conditions deteriorated due to (rural) economic crises and industrialization, so that a large part of the working population migrated to nearby Bielsko-Biała , at that time a German- speaking island . Towards the end of the century, however, the beginning tourism brought about a revitalization of the region. Around 1900 there were around 2,500 people in Szczyrk, almost all of whom were Polish-speaking and over 90% were Catholic. In Salmopol, which was independent at the time, all residents were Polish-speaking, but over 70% were Lutherans.

Modern

After the First World War, Szczyrk came back to Poland and belonged to the powiat Bialski in the Krakow Voivodeship . Tourism developed into the most important source of income in the interwar period. The Austrian barracks and military hospitals were converted into hotels. The Beskydy Association , which was shaped by German-speaking townspeople, built the Skrzyczne mountain hut in 1924 . In 1927 the Salmopol settlement was incorporated. In 1933 a second mountain hut was added. During the Second World War the place was occupied by Germany and fell to the district of Bielitz in the new "East Upper Silesia". In 1945 he came to the People's Republic of Poland . In 1973 the Szczyrk received city rights. In 2009 the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival took place in Szczyrk and other places in and around the Silesian Beskids.