Zabrzeg

Zabrzeg
Village
Saint Joseph Church
Coat of arms
Zabrzeg
Coordinates: 49°54′52″N 18°56′44″E / 49.91444°N 18.94556°E / 49.91444; 18.94556
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Bielsko
Gmina	Czechowice-Dziedzice
First mentioned	1525
Government
• Mayor	Andrzej Puskarczyk
Area
• Total	14.0 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	3,107
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	43-516
Car plates	SBI

Zabrzeg is a village in Gmina Czechowice-Dziedzice, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has a population of 3,107 (2008).

The name is of topographic origin and is a composition of two words: za (behind) and brzeg (coast or bank of the river). The village lies on the right bank of the Vistula river, on the edge of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The village was probably settled in the 14th century, but was first mentioned in a written document in 1525 as Zabrzech. Politically the village belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy.

After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. The village as a municipality was subscribed to the political and legal district of Bielsko. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 1277 in 1880 to 1598 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (between 96.1% in 1880 and 97.2% in 1910) accompanied by a small German-speaking minority (at most 3.4% in 1880) and Czech-speaking (at most 20 or 1.5% in 1900). In terms of religion in 1910 majority were Roman Catholics (98%), followed by Jews (30 or 1.9%) and 2 Protestants.