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Strumień () is a town and the seat of
Gmina Strumień,
Cieszyn County, in southern
Poland, on the
Wisła River.
Currently situated in the
Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), Strumień was previously part of the
Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998).
It is located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of
Cieszyn Silesia and is the smallest town of Cieszyn Silesia and one of the smallest in Poland.
History
Because of its proximity to the
Wisła River, this little town has found itself under various national and imperial jurisdictions (see
Duchy of Cieszyn). The town existed under Austrian dominion from 1653 until the end of the
First World War and was referred to in German as Schwarzwasser. The town with its Polish name Strumień joined the
Second Polish Republic in
1920. Following the
invasion of Poland and the annexation of
Cieszyn Silesia by
German army in 1939, it became part of
Nazi Germany (as Schwarzwasser again). At the end of
World War II the town returned to Poland.
Historical population
According to the
Austrian census of 1910 the town had 1,579 inhabitants, 1,513 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 824 (54.5%) were German-speaking, and 681 (45%) were Polish-speaking.
Jews were not allowed to declare
Yiddish, most of them thus declared the German language as their native. Most populous religious groups were
Roman Catholics with 1,484 (94%), followed by the
Jews with 67 (4.2%) and
Protestants with 28 (1.8%)..
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