Bujaków, Bielsko County

For a sołectwo of Mikołów, see Bujaków, Mikołów.
Bujaków
Village
Bujaków
Coordinates: 49°51′N 19°11′E / 49.850°N 19.183°E / 49.850; 19.183
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Bielsko County
Gmina Porąbka
First mentioned 1444
Elevation 748 m (2,454 ft)
Population 2,176

Bujaków [buˈjakuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Porąbka, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Porąbka, 9 km (6 mi) east of Bielsko-Biała, and 47 km (29 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice.

The village has a population of 2,176.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1444. Politically it belonged then to the Duchy of Oświęcim, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In 1457 Jan IV of Oświęcim agreed to sell the duchy to the Polish Crown, and in the accompanying document issued on 21 February the village was mentioned as Buyakow.[2]

The territory of the Duchy of Oświęcim was eventually incorporated into Poland in 1564 and formed Silesian County of Kraków Voivodeship. Upon the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia. After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became part of Poland. It was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II, and afterwards it was restored to Poland.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Prokop, Krzysztof Rafał (2002). Księstwa oświęcimskie i zatorskie wobec Korony Polskiej w latach 1438-1513. Dzieje polityczne (in Polish). Kraków: PAU. p. 151. ISBN 83-88857-31-2.


Coordinates: 49°51′N 19°11′E / 49.850°N 19.183°E / 49.850; 19.183


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