Bystra [ˈbɨstra] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilkowice, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

The name of the village is of topographic origin borrowed from an older name of the Bystra stream (nominative bystry: fast, rapid).

In the second half of the 19th century the village became a spa resort, especially after opening a railway line in 1878 a nearby Wilkowice.

According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 397 in 1880 to 548 in 1910 with a dwindling majority being native German-speakers (from 76.9% in 1880 to 51.7% in 1910) accompanied by a German-speaking minority (at most 14 or 1.9% in 1880), in terms of religion in 1910 majority were Roman Catholics (81.1%), followed by Protestants (14%), Jews (25 or 4.6%) and 2 people adhering to yet another faith.

[4] Cracovian village lying on the right southern bank of the Bystra stream was also established in the 16th century.