Straconka, Bielsko-Biała

Straconka
Osiedle of Bielsko-Biała
Aerial view
Location of Straconka within Bielsko-Biała
Coordinates: 49°47′49″N 19°5′42″E / 49.79694°N 19.09500°ECoordinates: 49°47′49″N 19°5′42″E / 49.79694°N 19.09500°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County/City	Bielsko-Biała
Area
• Total	5.8455 km^2 (2.2570 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	3,149
• Density	540/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	(+48) 033

Straconka (German: Dresseldorf) is a osiedle (district) of Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The osiedle has an area of 5.8455 km² and on December 31, 2006 had 3,149 inhabitants.^[1]

It is located in the south-east part of the city, in the valley of the Straconka stream, on the western slopes of the Little Beskids.

History

The village was established around 1550 as a hamlet of Lipnik and was first mentioned in 1564.^[2] The first inhabitants were Lutherans from Lipnik, named Hoffman and Protzner.^[2] In the 18th century the village began to be catholicized by Jesuits.

Upon the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia. In 1854 the village formed a municipality.^[2] In 1875 Straconka became a seat of a Catholic parish.^[3] In the second half of the 19th century the village became a resort destination, not only for the nearby Bielsko residents, whereas the local inhabitants most often worked in the textile industry in Bielsko and Biała.^[2] In 1900 the municipality had 12,92 km², 1576 inhabitants, majority of them being Polish-speaking Catholics.^[4]

After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became part of Poland. In 1973 most of the area of the Straconka was absorbed by the town of Bielsko-Biała.

Born in Straconka

• Urszula Dudziak

References

1. Rada Miejska w Bielsku-Białej (21 December 2007). "Program rewitalizacji obszarów miejskich w Bielsku-Białej na lata 2007–2013" (PDF) (in Polish). p. 9-10. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
2. Truś, Radosław (2008). Beskid Mały. Przewodnik. Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza „Rewasz“. p. 311-313. ISBN 978-83-89188-77-9.
3. Zdzisław Gogola (1999). "Początkowa organizacja życia kościelnego i rozwój sieci parafialnej na Żywiecczyźnie". "Karta Groni". Żywiec: Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Żywieckiej (XX): 149–160. ISSN 0137-4125.
4. Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder, bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900, XII. Galizien (in German). Wien. 1907.