Goleszów

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Goleszów
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settlement_type = Village
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image_caption = Landscape near Goleszów as seen from the Chełm hill


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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 = Goleszów
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established_title = First mentioned
established_date = 1223
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population_total = 4000
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timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
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latd = 49
latm = 44
lats = 8.52
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longd = 18
longm = 44
longs = 23.45
longEW = E
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 43-440
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blank_name = Car plates
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website = http://www.goleszow.pl
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Goleszów ( _de. Golleschau) is a village and the seat of Gmina Goleszów in Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has population about 4,000. Goleszów lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

It was first mentioned in a written document in 1223, in 1293 a first stone church was built here. During World War II a subcamp of Auschwitz concentration camp operated here.

Twin towns

* Vendryně (Wędrynia)

External links

* [http://www.goleszow.pl/index.php?page_id=65 Description at the Gmina Goleszów website]