Peterski
07-14-2018, 09:31 AM
One of the largest concentrations of Protestants in Poland is in Cieszyn Silesia.
Ethnic situation in the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1869:
Red - Poles
Green - Moravians
Blue - Czechs (Bohemians)
Yellow - Germans
http://gazetacodzienna.pl/sites/default/files/imagecache/full_scr_watermark/Mapa1869.jpg
http://gazetacodzienna.pl/sites/default/files/imagecache/full_scr_watermark/Mapa1869.jpg
Ethnic structure of the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1900:
218,869 Poles
85,553 Moravians and Czechs
56,240 Germans
Percent of ethnic Poles in the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1910:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-Polacy_1910.png
Percent of Protestants in the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1910:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-protestanci_1910.png/800px-%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-protestanci_1910.png
Modern division of the region between Czechia and Poland:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Slask_cieszynski.png
^^^
This division left a sizeable Polish minority on the Czech side of the border.
Protestant Poles from this region include Adam Małysz and Jerzy Buzek:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ma%C5%82ysz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Buzek
https://ostrawa.msz.gov.pl/pl/wspolpraca_dwustronna/polonia_w_czechach/informator_polonijny/ostrawa_cz_k_117/
http://www.historia-polski.com/tablice_historyczne/innowiercy.htm
Jerzy Buzek was born in Smilovice (on the Czech side of the border) while Adam Małysz in Wisła, in the Polish part of Cieszyn Silesia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilovice_(Fr%C3%BDdek-M%C3%ADstek_District)#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wis%C5%82a
"Wisła is a popular year-round tourist destination, with the nearby mountains favored by ski jumpers (Malinka, ski jumping hill). It is known for being the home town of ski jumper Adam Małysz, and for the fact that it is the only city in Poland with a majority Protestant population."
https://static.berkutschi.com/berkutschi/images/news/000/002/659/xlarge/s_508.jpg?1525236908http://ungc.org.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Buzek-Jerzy-400x400.jpg
Ethnic situation in the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1869:
Red - Poles
Green - Moravians
Blue - Czechs (Bohemians)
Yellow - Germans
http://gazetacodzienna.pl/sites/default/files/imagecache/full_scr_watermark/Mapa1869.jpg
http://gazetacodzienna.pl/sites/default/files/imagecache/full_scr_watermark/Mapa1869.jpg
Ethnic structure of the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1900:
218,869 Poles
85,553 Moravians and Czechs
56,240 Germans
Percent of ethnic Poles in the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1910:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-Polacy_1910.png
Percent of Protestants in the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1910:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-protestanci_1910.png/800px-%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-protestanci_1910.png
Modern division of the region between Czechia and Poland:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Slask_cieszynski.png
^^^
This division left a sizeable Polish minority on the Czech side of the border.
Protestant Poles from this region include Adam Małysz and Jerzy Buzek:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ma%C5%82ysz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Buzek
https://ostrawa.msz.gov.pl/pl/wspolpraca_dwustronna/polonia_w_czechach/informator_polonijny/ostrawa_cz_k_117/
http://www.historia-polski.com/tablice_historyczne/innowiercy.htm
Jerzy Buzek was born in Smilovice (on the Czech side of the border) while Adam Małysz in Wisła, in the Polish part of Cieszyn Silesia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilovice_(Fr%C3%BDdek-M%C3%ADstek_District)#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wis%C5%82a
"Wisła is a popular year-round tourist destination, with the nearby mountains favored by ski jumpers (Malinka, ski jumping hill). It is known for being the home town of ski jumper Adam Małysz, and for the fact that it is the only city in Poland with a majority Protestant population."
https://static.berkutschi.com/berkutschi/images/news/000/002/659/xlarge/s_508.jpg?1525236908http://ungc.org.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Buzek-Jerzy-400x400.jpg