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Cieszyn
Cieszyn
	Market square
; Flag	ملف:POL Cieszyn COA.svg; Coat of arms
	الشعار الحادي: Amore et non dolore
	Cieszyn Location of Cieszyn in Poland
	الإحداثيات: Coordinates:
Country	بولندا
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Cieszyn
First mentioned	1155
الحكم
• Mayor	Gabriela Staszkiewicz
المساحة
• الإجمالية	28٫69 كم² (11٫08 ميل²)
التعداد(2006)
• الإجمالي	36٬014
• الكثافة	1٬300/km2 (3٬300/sq mi)
Postal code	43-400
المسقط الإلكتروني	http://www.cieszyn.pl/

Cieszyn [ˈt͡ɕɛʂɨn] (استمع) (بالتشيكية: Těšín, بالألمانية: Teschen, باللاتينية: Tessin) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has about 36,100 inhabitants (اعتبارا من 2013^[تحديث]), and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Republic's Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region. Both towns belonged to the historical region of Austrian Silesia and are the historical capital of the region of Cieszyn Silesia.

Geography

Panorama of Cieszyn

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Cieszyn is twinned with:

Český Těšín, Czech Republic Genk, Belgium	Lucerne, Switzerland Puck, Poland	Rožňava, Slovakia Teuva, Finland

Gallery

The Town Hall at the Cieszyn Market Square
Townhouses in Cieszyn
Rotunda from circa 1180 / St. Nicholas Church
14th century Piast tower
Nicolaus Copernicus High School in Cieszyn
Statue of Saint Florian
Monastery, church, and hospital of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth
Mary Magdalene Dominican Church, begun in late 13th century
Hunting Palace of the Habsburgs and monument commemorating Silesian legionnaries fallen for Poland
Adam Mickiewicz Theatre
Hotel on the town square
Evangelical Protestant Church of Jesus, begun in 1710
Communal Cemetery in Cieszyn
Museum of the Cieszyn Silesia

Footnotes

^ "Partnerstädte der Stadt Luzern". Stadt Luzern (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

References

Dzieje Cieszyna od pradziejów do czasów współczesnych. Cieszyn: Książnica Cieszyńska. 2010. ISBN .
Wawreczka, Henryk; Janusz Spyra; Mariusz Makowski (1999). Těšín, Český Těšín na starých pohlednicích a fotografiích / Cieszyn, Czeski Cieszyn na starych widokówkach i fotografiach. Nebory, Třinec: Wart. ISBN .