Istebna
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| Coordinates: 49°33′50.75″N 18°53′35.82″E / 49.5640972°N 18.8932833°E | |||
| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Silesian | ||
| County | Cieszyn | ||
| Gmina | Istebna | ||
| First mentioned | 1621 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Jerzy Michałek | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 47.41 km2 (18.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 5,007 | ||
| • Density | 105.6/km2 (273.5/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 43-470 | ||
| Car plates | SCI | ||
| Website | http://www.ug.istebna.pl | ||
Istebna (help·info) is a large village and the seat of Gmina Istebna, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The village is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range, near to the borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Olza River flows through the village.
There is a Catholic Good Shepherd Church church in the village, built in 1794 from previous wooden one.
[edit] People
- Emanuel Grim, Catholic priest and writer, worked here and is buried at local cemetery
- Janusz Krężelok, cross-country skier
- Jerzy Kukuczka, high altitude mountaineer, and the second person to climb all of the 8,000 metre peaks
[edit] Twin towns
[edit] Gallery
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Interior of the Catholic Good Shepherd Church
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Building in Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park
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Para góralska z Istebnej, by Henryk Jastrzembski, (1846)
[edit] References
- Londzin, Józef (1932). Kościoły drewniane na Śląsku Cieszyńskim. Cieszyn: Dziedzictwo błog. Jana Sarkandra. pp. 111–122. OCLC 297540848. http://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=10927&from=&dirids=110&ver_id=592382&lp=1&QI=1E9A46D2674AA878F51B05D5968295F1-12.
[edit] External links
- (Polish) Official website of Gmina Istebna
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Coordinates: 49°33′50.75″N 18°53′35.82″E / 49.5640972°N 18.8932833°E
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