Wisła

Infobox Settlement
name = Wisła


image_caption = Presidential Castle in Wisła
image_shield = POL Wisła COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Cieszyn
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Wisła (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Andrzej Molin
established_title = First mentioned
established_date = 1615
established_title2 = City rights
established_date2 = 1962
area_total_km2 = 110.26
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 11453
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 49 | latm = 39 | lats = 17.69 | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 51 | longs = 34.23 | longEW = E
elevation_m = 513
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 43-460
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = SCI
website = http://www.wisla.pl

Wisła Audio-IPA-pl|Wisla.ogg|'|w|i|s|ł|a ( _de. Weichsel) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,810 (2006), near the border with Czech Republic in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range, Wisła River originates in the mountains near the town.

Located near the national tourist centre Ondraszek, Wisła is a popular year-round tourist destination, with the nearby mountains favoured by ski jumpers. It is known for being the home town of ski jumper Adam Małysz and for the fact that it is the only town in Poland where evangelical people are in majority.

Wisła is also the home of the Beskid Museum, on B. Hoff square. It has on display agricultural tools, folk costumes and goatskin bagpipes from the surrounding region.

In Wisła a trail starts that leads to the Stożek Wielki, a mountain on the border with the Czech Republic that reaches a height of 978 meters.

External links

* [http://www.wisla.pl/ Wisła town website]