Biery

Village in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Coat of arms

49°47′46.9″N 18°54′47.6″E / 49.796361°N 18.913222°E / 49.796361; 18.913222Country

PolandVoivodeshipSilesianCountyBielskoGminaJasienicaGovernment

• MayorMaria BuryArea

• Total2.164 km² (0.836 sq mi)Population

(2016)

• Total1,284 • Density590/km² (1,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Car platesSBI

Biery [ˈbjɛrɨ] is a village in Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The village was created in the 16th century by the owners of Grodziec.^[1] Originally it was named Birowy, and first appeared on a map from 1563.^[2] However other source from 1610, issued by Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn, cites a privilege from 1554, where the village was already supposedly mentioned.^[3]

There is a Catholic Heart of Jesus church in the village.

Inventor Józef Bożek was born here in 1782.

Footnotes

^ J. Polak, 2011, p. 9
^ "Map of Stanisław Porębski, ca. 1563". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
^ Panic, Idzi (2011). Śląsk Cieszyński w początkach czasów nowożytnych (1528-1653) [Cieszyn Silesia in Early modern period (1528-1653)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 165. ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9.