Kończyce Wielkie

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Kończyce Wielkie
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settlement_type = Village
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Poland
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Cieszyn
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Hażlach
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established_title = First mentioned
established_date = 1305
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area_total_km2 = 14.45
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population_total = 1844
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timezone = CET
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latd=49 |latm=49 |lats=55.72 |latNS= N
longd=18 |longm=39 |longs=9.74 |longEW= E
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 43-416
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Audio|Konczyce Wielkie.ogg|Kończyce Wielkie is a village in Gmina Hażlach, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,844 (2007). It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

It was first mentioned in a written document in 1305 as "Kończyce Książęce". There is a wooden Saint Michael the Archangel church built in 1777 in the village and a palace built by Jerzy Fryderyk Wilczek at the end of the 17th century. Last owner of the palace was countess Gabriela von Thun-Hohenstein. She was known in the region for her philanthropic activities, she helped poor children, worked in the Red Cross and in 1910 funded construction of a pavilion of Silesian Hospital in Cieszyn. She was then awarded a honorary citizen of that town. In 1945 Soviet troops entered the palace and devastated it. Aristocratic family was expropriated of their property and orphanage was set there. After the fall of communism in Poland, there were problems with the property laws for the palace. It has been finally sold in 2007 to businessmen who declared they would like to set up a hotel there.

See also

* Kończyce Małe

References

* cite book
last = Cicha
first = Irena
coauthors = Kazimierz Jaworski, Bronisław Ondraszek, Barbara Stalmach and Jan Stalmach
title = Olza od pramene po ujście
publisher = Region Silesia
date = 2000
location = Český Těšín
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isbn = 80-238-6081-X

* cite book
last = Londzin
first = Józef
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title = Kościoły drewniane na Śląsku Cieszyńskim
publisher = Dziedzictwo błog. Jana Sarkandra
date = 1932
location = Cieszyn
pages = 171-177
url = http://www.kc-cieszyn.pl/biblioteka/strony/ramka.php?autor=londzin3&licz=1
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* cite news
last = Trzcionka
first = Wojciech
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title = Pałac zamieni się w hotel
work = gazetacodzienna.pl
page =
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date = 2007-12-28
url = http://gazetacodzienna.pl/index.php?p=wwiad&id=748
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