Mnisztwo

Mnisztwo (previously also Mnichy, German: Mönnichhof) is a district of Cieszyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

The name is patronymic in origin derived from monks (Polish and Czech: mnich) or cultural (Mnichy meaning from paper, paperish).

[1] The area of the village was originally given to the Dominican Abbey, which was during Reformation (the date is not known) taken from them by Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn.

[3] In 1610 after his switch from Lutheranism to Catholicism Adam Wenceslaus gave a local folwark (called Mnisi; Moenchhof oder folwark slove Mniżsky in 1650) to Cieszyn citizens, and three years later to the reestablished Dominican Abbey.

According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 260 in 1880 to 422 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (between 91.2% and 96.2%) accompanied by a small Czech-speaking minority (at most 20 or 6.3% in 1900) and German-speaking people (at most 10 or 3.4% in 1890).