Zbytków

Zbytków [ˈzbɨtkuf] is a village in Gmina Strumień, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

[3] Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty.

In years 1573/1577–1594 it belonged to Skoczów-Strumień state country that was split from the Duchy of Teschen but was later purchased back.

According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 305 in 1880 to 368 in 1910 with a dwindling majority being native Polish-speakers (98% in 1880, 100% in 1890 and 1900 and dropping to 92.1% in 1910) accompanied by a growing small German-speaking minority (peaking at number 25 or 7.9% in 1910), in terms of religion in 1910 majority were Roman Catholics (88.3%), followed by Protestants (8.9%) and Jews (10 or 2.8%).

It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II.