Nowa Wieś, Oświęcim County

Nowa Wieś [ˈnɔva ˈvjɛɕ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęty, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 1 kilometre (1 mi) north of Kęty, 16 km (10 mi) south of Oświęcim, and 55 km (34 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

For other places with the same name, see Nowa Wieś.
Nowa Wieś
Village
A chapel in the center
Coat of arms
Nowa Wieś
Coordinates: 49°54′24″N 19°13′3″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
CountyOświęcim
GminaKęty
First mentioned1456
Elevation
270 m (890 ft)
Population
3,272

The village has a population of 3 272.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1456. It belonged then to the Duchy of Oświęcim, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In 1457 Jan IV of Oświęcim agreed to sell the duchy to the Polish Crown, and in the accompanying document issued on 21 February the village was mentioned as Nowa Wyesz.[2]

The territory of the Duchy of Oświęcim was eventually incorporated into Poland in 1564 and formed Silesian County of Kraków Voivodeship. Upon the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia. After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became part of Poland. It was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II, and afterwards it was restored to Poland.

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Prokop, Krzysztof Rafał (2002). Księstwa oświęcimskie i zatorskie wobec Korony Polskiej w latach 1438-1513. Dzieje polityczne (in Polish). Kraków: PAU. p. 151. ISBN 83-88857-31-2.


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