The total area of Silesian County was 2690 sq. kilometers, and initially consisted of four royal towns (Wadowice, Kęty, Oświęcim and Zator) and one private (Żywiec). In the second half of the 16th century the largest of them was Kęty, with over 1000 inhabitants.[2] Of 188 villages, 38 had over 200 inhabitants.[3] In 1617 a new private town of Zebrzydów, now Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, was founded. In 1723 town rights were granted to Biała, now part of Bielsko-Biała. The town was in the centre of a small German language island that consisted of several other villages. The rest of the County was inhabited by the vast majority of Polish Roman Catholics, although at the turn of the 17th century the county had the highest share of Protestants in the Kraków Voivodeship: 29% of the total number of churches were protestant (mostly reformed), they were present in 34 parishes and their number was estimated at 10 – 15 thousand.[4]
The largest Jewish community lived since the late 16th century in Oświęcim, when they established the first Qahal, built a Synagogue and opened a Jewish school.[5] In years 1747–1749 the deanery of Oświęcim counted 2462 Jews.[6]
^Województwo krakowskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku, 2008, p. 71-75
^Województwo krakowskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku, 2008, p. 82
^Krzysztof Koźbiał (1999). Wadowice na tle osad starostwa zatorskiego: zarys dziejów do 1772 roku(PDF). Wadoviana: przegląd historyczno-kulturalny. Vol. 3. p. 17.
^Rafał Malik (1994). Oświęcim. Charakterystyka układu lokacyjnego miasta oraz jego rozwój przestrzenny w okresie średniowiecza(PDF) (in Polish). Kraków.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Marian Surdacki (1983). Stosunki wyznaniowe w diecezji krakowskiej w połowie XVIII wieku na podstawie wizytacj i tabel biskupa A.S. Załuskiego. Roczniki Nauk Społecznych (in Polish). Vol. XI. pp. 115, 128, 132.
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Województwo krakowskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz. 2, Komentarz, indeksy (in Polish). Henryk Rutkowski (ed.), Krzysztof Chłapkowski. Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences. 2008.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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silesian, county, polish, powiat, śląski, county, kraków, voivodeship, within, kingdom, poland, polish, lithuanian, commonwealth, seats, government, were, located, towns, zator, oświęcim, existed, from, 1564, 1795, within, kraków, voivodeship, imposed, modern,. The Silesian County Polish powiat slaski was a county of the Krakow Voivodeship within the Kingdom of Poland Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Its seats of government were located in the towns of Zator and Oswiecim It existed from 1564 to 1795 Silesian County within Krakow Voivodeship Silesian County imposed on a modern map and medieval ducal bordersHistory editSilesian County was created at the General Sejm in Warsaw in 1564 when King Sigismund II Augustus merged territories of the Duchy of Zator and the Duchy of Oswiecim incorporating them into the Krakow Voivodeship of the Polish Crown 1 The kings retained both ducal titles and names of both duchies remained in common use It existed for over 200 years and was dissolved after the third partition of Poland 1795 The total area of Silesian County was 2690 sq kilometers and initially consisted of four royal towns Wadowice Kety Oswiecim and Zator and one private Zywiec In the second half of the 16th century the largest of them was Kety with over 1000 inhabitants 2 Of 188 villages 38 had over 200 inhabitants 3 In 1617 a new private town of Zebrzydow now Kalwaria Zebrzydowska was founded In 1723 town rights were granted to Biala now part of Bielsko Biala The town was in the centre of a small German language island that consisted of several other villages The rest of the County was inhabited by the vast majority of Polish Roman Catholics although at the turn of the 17th century the county had the highest share of Protestants in the Krakow Voivodeship 29 of the total number of churches were protestant mostly reformed they were present in 34 parishes and their number was estimated at 10 15 thousand 4 The largest Jewish community lived since the late 16th century in Oswiecim when they established the first Qahal built a Synagogue and opened a Jewish school 5 In years 1747 1749 the deanery of Oswiecim counted 2462 Jews 6 Footnotes edit Radoslaw Trus 2008 Beskid Maly przewodnik Oficyna Wydawnicza Rewasz p 35 ISBN 978 83 89188 77 9 Wojewodztwo krakowskie w drugiej polowie XVI wieku 2008 p 71 75 Wojewodztwo krakowskie w drugiej polowie XVI wieku 2008 p 82 Krzysztof Kozbial 1999 Wadowice na tle osad starostwa zatorskiego zarys dziejow do 1772 roku PDF Wadoviana przeglad historyczno kulturalny Vol 3 p 17 Rafal Malik 1994 Oswiecim Charakterystyka ukladu lokacyjnego miasta oraz jego rozwoj przestrzenny w okresie sredniowiecza PDF in Polish Krakow a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Marian Surdacki 1983 Stosunki wyznaniowe w diecezji krakowskiej w polowie XVIII wieku na podstawie wizytacj i tabel biskupa A S Zaluskiego Roczniki Nauk Spolecznych in Polish Vol XI pp 115 128 132 References editWojewodztwo krakowskie w drugiej polowie XVI wieku Cz 2 Komentarz indeksy in Polish Henryk Rutkowski ed Krzysztof Chlapkowski Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences 2008 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint others link nbsp nbsp This Polish history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Silesian County amp oldid 1125272770, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
