Świętoszówka

Świętoszówka (Polish pronunciation: [ɕfjɛntɔˈʂufka]) is a village in Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

It lies in the Silesian Foothills in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

[1] It could have been first mentioned in a document of Bishop of Wrocław issued on 23 May 1223 for Norbertine Sisters in Rybnik among villages paying them a tithe, as Suenschi(e)zi.

[1] Politically the area belonged initially to the Duchy of Opole and Racibórz and the Castellany of Cieszyn, which was in 1290 formed in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland into the Duchy of Teschen, ruled by a local branch of Silesian Piast dynasty.

According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 511 in 1880 to 750 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (97.6%-98.9%) and a small German-speaking minority (at most 16 or 2.4% in 1900), in terms of religion majority were Roman Catholics (88.5% in 1910), followed by Protestants (9.5% in 1910), Jews (9 or 0.5% in 1910) and 4 people adhering to yet another different faith.