Bełk, Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Bełk.
Bełk
Village

Saint Mary Magdalene Church

Coat of arms
Bełk
Coordinates: 50°7′51″N 18°42′36″E / 50.13083°N 18.71000°E / 50.13083; 18.71000Coordinates: 50°7′51″N 18°42′36″E / 50.13083°N 18.71000°E / 50.13083; 18.71000
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Rybnik County
Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny
First mentioned 1289
Population 3,358

Bełk [bɛu̯k] (German: Belk) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, 13 km (8 mi) north-east of Rybnik, and 25 km (16 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

The village has an area of 15.43 km2[2] and a population of 3,358.

History

The village was first mentioned 1289, when it belonged to a knight Andrzej (Andrew) nicknamed Belick.[3] It was later also mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as Item apud Belconem ernut 30 mansi soluentes fertones expela libertate, de quibus prepositura Opoliensis de agris dudum cultis habet tres reliqui uero ad mensam domini episopi pertinebunt.[4][5]

The village became a seat of a Catholic parish in Żory deanery in Diocese of Wrocław, first mentioned in 1447 as Belk, in a complete register of Peter's Pence payment, composed by Nicholaum Wolff, an archdeacon of Opole.[3][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ BIP Gminy i Miasta Czerwionka-Leszczyny. "Sołectwo Bełk" (in Polish). Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  3. 1 2 Maroń, Franciszek (1969). "Rozwój sieci parafialnej w diecezji katowickiej aż do końca XV wieku" [The development of a net of parish in Diocese of Katowice until the end of the 15th century]. Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne (in Polish): 118–119.
  4. ↑ Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis (in German). Breslau.
  5. ↑ "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Registrum denarii sancti Petri in archidiaconatu Opoliensi sub anno domini MCCCCXLVII per dominum Nicolaum Wolff decretorum doctorem, archidiaconum Opoliensem, ex commissione reverendi in Christo patris ac domini Conradi episcopi Wratislaviensis, sedis apostolice collectoris, collecti". Zeitschrift des Vereins für Geschichte und Alterthum Schlesiens (in German). Breslau: H. Markgraf. 27. 1893. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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