Międzyrzecze Górne

Village

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Międzyrzecze Górne

Coordinates: 49°50′30″N 18°56′24″E / 49.84167°N 18.94000°E

First mentioned

ca. 1305

Government

• Mayor

Maria Głuc-Mrzyk

Area

12.513 km² (4.831 sq mi)

Population (2009)

2,279

• Density

180/km² (470/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

43-392

Car plates

SBI

Website

http://www.miedzyrzecze.org.pl/

Międzyrzecze Górne [mjɛnd͡zɨˈʐɛt͡ʂɛ ˈɡurnɛ] (German: Ober Kurzwald) is a village in Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has a population of 2,279 (2009).

The name Międzyrzecze is of topographic origin and literally means [a place] between rivers (Polish: między rzekami). There are two rivers flowing through the village: Jasienica and Wapienica. The adjective Górne (German: Ober) means upper. The German name evolved from its original name from the 15th century which was a composition of a personal name Konrad and word (German: wood, forest).

The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The settlement called Międzyrzecze was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Mesisrozha debent esse XL mansi solubiles. It meant that the village was supposed to pay a tithe from 40 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 would later be known as Upper Silesia.

Politically 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 Silesian Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy.

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