Jasienica, Silesian Voivodeship
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Village's centre from air
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| Coordinates: 49°48′46″N 18°55′14″E / 49.81278°N 18.92056°E | ||
| Country | Poland | |
| Voivodeship | Silesian | |
| County | Bielsko | |
| Gmina | Jasienica | |
| First mentioned | 1305 | |
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| • Mayor | Bronisław Szalbot | |
| Area | 11.718 km2 (4.524 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009) | 4,872 | |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 43-385 | |
| Car plates | SBI | |
| Website | http://www.jasienica.pl | |
Jasienica [jaɕeˈnit͡sa] (German: Heinzendorf, Czech: Jasenice) is a village and the seat of Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has a population of 4,872 (2009).
It is located in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
The Polish name is of topographic origins and is derived from ash trees (Polish: jesion, locally jasień). German name is a composition of a personal name Heinz and dorf (German: a village).
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Gessenita debent esse XI) mansi solubiles. It meant that the village was supposed to pay a tithe from 11 greater lans. 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 will be later known as Upper Silesia.
The village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy.
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