Mszana

See also: Mszana, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Mszana
Village
St. George church
Mszana
Coordinates: 49°58′9″N 18°30′56″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Wodzisław
Gmina	Mszana
First mentioned	1305
Highest elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Lowest elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Population	3,559
Website	http://www.mszana.ug.gov.pl

Mszana [ˈmʂana] is a village in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mszana.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Wodzisław Śląski and 47 km (29 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Msana debent esse triginta mansi.[2][3]

Notable people

• August Sternickel - criminal and serial killer

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). "Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis". Pan Biblioteka Kórnicka (in German). Breslau.
3. "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.

External links

• Jewish Community in Mszana on Virtual Shtetl