Mszana
Mszana | |
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Village | |
.jpg) St. George church | |
  Mszana Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 49°58′9″N 18°30′56″E / 49.96917°N 18.51556°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Wodzisław |
| Gmina | Mszana |
| First mentioned | 1305 |
| Highest elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population | 3,559 |
| Website | http://www.mszana.ug.gov.pl |
Mszana [ˈmʂana] is a village in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mszana.
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Msana debent esse triginta mansi.[2][3]
Notable people
[edit]- August Sternickel - criminal and serial killer
References
[edit]- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). "Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis". Pan Biblioteka Kórnicka (in German). Breslau.
- ↑ "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
External links
[edit]- Jewish Community in Mszana on Virtual Shtetl
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