{{Infobox settlement | name = Knaj | settlement_type = Village | total_type = | image_skyline = POL Drogomyśl ul. Knajska (Knaj).JPG | image_caption = Main street of the hamlet | image_flag = | image_shield = | image_map = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag icon|Poland}} Poland | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Silesian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Cieszyn | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Strumień | coordinates = {{coord|49|52|32|N|18|43|51|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = right | elevation_m = | population_total = | website = }}
'''Knaj''' {{IPAc-pl|k|n|a|I}} is a hamlet of Drogomyśl in the administrative district of Gmina Strumień, within Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}}</ref> It lies approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0}} south of Strumień, {{convert|16|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-east of Cieszyn, and {{convert|46|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
The settlement originated as a folwark (German: vorwerk), mentioned in 1722 as ''zum vorwerg Knay''. It lies on the Knajka stream and on the southern outskirts of ''Kniejski Las'' (lit. ''Knaj's Forest''). All this names are derived from a word ''knieja'' denoting a ''wild, dense forest''.<ref name="mrozek">{{cite book | last = Mrózek | first = Robert | title = Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego |trans-title=Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia | publisher = Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach | year = 1984 | location = Katowice | pages = 91 | language = Polish |issn = 0208-6336}}</ref> In 1735 Knaj was adjoined to a Catholic parish in Pruchna. Later it became a part of the modern municipality of Drogomyśl.
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Gmina Strumień}}
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Category:Villages in Cieszyn County Category:Cieszyn Silesia