Moszczenica (German: Moschczenitz) is a sołectwo in the south west of Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.[1] It was an independent village but became administratively part of Jastrzębie-Zdrój in 1975. It has na area of 803 ha and on December 31, 2012 it had 3,078 inhabitants.[2]
Moszczenica | |
|---|---|
 Our Lady of the Rosary church | |
 Location of Moszczenica (south-west) within Jastrzębie-Zdrój | |
| Coordinates: 49°55′22″N 18°36′05″E / 49.922716°N 18.601444°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County/City | Jastrzębie-Zdrój |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.03 km2 (3.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 3,078 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | (+48) 032 |
History
editThe village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Moschenicza debent esse XXIII) mansi.[3][4] The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what would later be known as Upper Silesia. A Catholic parish was also established in the process. Politically the village belonged then to the Duchy of Racibórz, within feudally fragmented Poland. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia. From the 16th to the 19th century the village belonged to the Wodzisław state country. After the Silesian Wars it became a part of the Kingdom of Prussia. In years 1954-1975 Moszczenica was part of the Wodzisław County.
References
edit- ^ Uchwała Nr XLII/1036/2002 Rady Miasta Jastrzębie Zdrój z dnia 25 maja 2002 r. ws. utworzenia jednostek pomocniczych (Dz. Urz. Woj. Śląskiego z 2002 r. Nr 37 poz. 1326)
- ^ "Sołectwo Moszczenica". www.jastrzebie.pl. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis (in German). Breslau.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
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