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Town and its people

 

 

The Princely Route Of The Piasts

The route of Cieszyn Dukes – the Habsburgs

Symbols of Cieszyn

The representation of Cieszyn’s coat of arms evolved along with the development of the town itself. Cieszyn was granted town rights entitling it to make use of the privileges of internal self-governance relatively late, in 1374.

Cieszyn's Built Environment

The first part of Cieszyn to be inhabited was the Castle Hill. The town itself grew from the foot of the castle, initially on the facing hillside, developing along two parallel streets; ul. Polska (also called Tiefegasse ul. Głęboka) and Deutschegasse ul. Niemiecka (currently ul. Mennicza). At first the town centre was located at the site of the present Plac Teatralny, with the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene, the town’s school and the mint of the Cieszyn Princes all concentrated around this point.

Town Administration

Cieszyn was initially run by the wójt (a historical word for the chief of a village or villages), a descendant of the town’s founder. After Cieszyn came under Magdeburg Law from the end of the 14th century it was administered by the Town Council which selected an Executive Board consisting of 4 councillors with a mayor at the head. They formed the Municipal Office in conjunction with the town scribe.

Cieszyn's Mayors

Honorary Citizens

It is natural that specific groups and communities of people reward those individuals who have made a particular contribution to the good of the group or community. This gratitude may take a material form or may be expressed in the form of some kind of honour.

Community through the Ages

In the beginning the townspeople of Cieszyn were all equal and the main features distinguishing them from peasants were; their individual freedom, their rights as citizens and that they earned their living other than by agriculture.

Jews

Hungarians in Cieszyn

For long centuries Cieszyn Silesia was situated on the crossroads of a number of important roads and trade routes, it also shared borders with several countries, each of which represented a slightly different culture and civilisation. Each of them left their mark on the history of the region around the River Olza.

Cieszyn - Little Vienna

Cieszyn is separated from Vienna by only 283 kms as the crow flies, so it is not surprising that contacts were lively for a long time, although in the beginning they concerned mainly the upper classes.

 

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Projekt dofinansowany ze środków Unii Europejskiej w ramach Europejskiego Funduszu Rozwoju Regionalnego – Programu Operacyjnego Współpracy Transgranicznej Republika Czeska
– Rzeczpospolita Polska 2007-2013 i budżetu państwa za pośrednictwem Euroregionu Śląsk Cieszyński – Těšínské Slezsko.

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