Strumień

Infobox Settlement
name = Strumień

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image_caption = Fragment of town square
image_shield = POL Strumień COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Cieszyn
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Strumień
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Anna Agnieszka Grygierek
established_title = Founded
established_date = 13th century
established_title2 = Town rights
established_date2 = 1482
area_total_km2 = 6.31
population_as_of = June 2008
population_total = 3502
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 49 | latm = 55 | lats = 1.5 | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 45 | longs = 48.72 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 42-246
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = SCI
website = http://www.strumien.pl

Strumień Audio-IPA-pl|Strumien.ogg|'|s|t|r|u|m|j|e|ń ( _de. Schwarzwasser, _cs. Strumeň) is a town and the seat of Gmina Strumień, Cieszyn County, in southern Poland, on the Wisła River.

Currently situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), Strumień was previously part of the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998).

It is located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and is the smallest town of Cieszyn Silesia and one of the smallest in Poland.

History

Because of its proximity to the Wisła River, this little town has found itself under various national and imperial jurisdictions (see Duchy of Cieszyn). The town existed under Austrian dominion from 1653 until the end of the First World War and was referred to in German as Schwarzwasser. The town with its Polish name Strumień joined the Second Polish Republic in 1920. Following the invasion of Poland and the annexation of Cieszyn Silesia by German army in 1939, it became part of Nazi Germany (as Schwarzwasser again). At the end of World War II the town returned to Poland.

Historical population

According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 1,579 inhabitants, 1,513 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 824 (54.5%) were German-speaking, and 681 (45%) were Polish-speaking. Jews were not allowed to declare Yiddish, most of them thus declared the German language as their native. Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 1,484 (94%), followed by the Jews with 67 (4.2%) and Protestants with 28 (1.8%). [Ludwig Patryn (ed): " [http://www.kc-cieszyn.pl/biblioteka/strony/ramka.php?autor=Patryn&licz=1 Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien] ", Troppau 1912.] .

References

External links

* [http://www.strumien.pl Gmina Strumień Official website]