Culture
Since 19th century the Cieszyn Silesia has been an important centre of Polish Protestantism. Currently Cieszyn is also the site of the Cieszyn Summer Film Festival, one of the most influential film festivals in Poland.
Industry
Cieszyn is an important centre of electromechanical industry. It is also the site of the Olza Cieszyn sweets factory (where the famous Prince Polo wafers are being made) and a brewery. The main source of income for most of the population is trade with nearby Czech Republic and transit through three nearby bridges at the Olza.
Sites of interest
Romanesque St. Nicholas’ Church (Ko?ci? ?w. Miko?aja, 11th century)
Remnants of the Piast dynasty castle
Castle tower (Wie?a piastowska, mostly 14th century)
Gothical St. Mary Magdalene Church (Ko?ci? Marii Magdaleny, 13th century)
Old Town Square (Rynek)
bourgeoisie houses (15th-19th centuries)
Mayor House (Ratusz, early 19th century)
Former minting house (18th century)
Museum of Cieszyn Silesia in the former Larish family palace (Pa?ac Laryszw, Muzeum ?l?ska Cieszy?skiego, the first museum in Poland)
Castle Brewery (Browar zamkowy, 1846)
There are also plans of restoration of the 1840 Habsburg palace
Related Travel Information
?eskż T?ķn is a town in the northeastern Czech Republic, at the Olza river, in Moravian-Silesian Region. It had approximately 25,900 inhabitants in 2003.
Until 1920 it was called Saska K?pa and was a suburb of the town of Cieszyn. After the Munich Pact of 1938 the two towns were forceably rejoined by Polish military intervention, only to be again parted in 1945.
The town is a small centre of commerce and paper industry.
See also
History of Cieszyn and Tesin
Zaolzie
Bielsko-Bia?a (pronounce: ['bi?lsk?:biawa]) is a city in southern Poland with 180,307 inhabitants (1999).
Situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Bielsko-Biala Voivodship (1975-1998).
Politics
Bielsko-Bia?a constituency
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bielsko-Bia?a constituency
Falfus Jacek, PiS
Kobielusz Antoni, SLD-UP
P?onka Edward, PO
Smolana Piotr, Samoobrona
Sztwiertnia Jan, SLD-UP
Szwarc Jan, SLD-UP
Tomczykiewicz Tomasz, PO
Zadora Stanis?aw, LPR
Zarzycki Kazimierz, SLD-UP
Famous people from Bielsko-Bia?a
Zbigniew Preisner
Sports
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Bia?a - men's football team (2nd league 2004/2005).
BBTS Siatkarz Original Bielsko-Bia?a - men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League (Polska Liga Siatkówki, PLS: Seria A in 2003/2004, Seria B in 2004/2005 season).
BKS Stal Bielsko-Bia?a - women's volleyball team:Polish Champion 2004, playing in Polish
Ska?a is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Krakow Voivodship (1975-1998).
Krzywi? is a small town in centre Poland in the Koscian County, Greater Poland Voivodship, located at the Obra canal.
Chrzanów is a town in south Poland with 42,100 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Malopolska.
