# Piasek > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Piasek > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Piasek.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasek > Source revision: 1350758428 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village in Poland}} {{Other uses}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Piasek | settlement_type = Village | total_type =   | image_skyline = NSPJ W PIASKU.JPG | image_caption = A local Catholic church | image_flag = | image_shield = Herb piasku.jpg | map_alt = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = [Voivodeship](/source/Voivodeships_of_Poland) | subdivision_name1 = [Silesian](/source/Silesian_Voivodeship) | subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Powiat) | subdivision_name2 = [Pszczyna](/source/Pszczyna_County) | subdivision_type3 = [Gmina](/source/Gmina) | subdivision_name3 = [Pszczyna](/source/Gmina_Pszczyna) | coordinates = {{coord|50|1|N|18|57|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = right | timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +2 | elevation_m = 262 | population_total = 2900 | registration_plate = SPS | blank_name_sec2 = [National roads](/source/National_roads_in_Poland) | blank_info_sec2 = 32px|link=National road 1 (Poland) | website = {{URL|www.piasek.one.pl}} }} '''Piasek''' ({{IPAc-pl|'|p|j|a|s|e|k}}; literally ''[sand](/source/sand)'') is a [village](/source/village) in the administrative district of [Gmina Pszczyna](/source/Gmina_Pszczyna), within [Pszczyna County](/source/Pszczyna_County), [Silesian Voivodeship](/source/Silesian_Voivodeship), southern Poland.{{TERYT}} == History == In the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages), the area was part of the territory of the [Vistulans](/source/Vistulans) tribe, one of the [Polish tribes](/source/Polish_tribes).{{cite book|last=Orlik|first=Zygmunt|year=2012|title=Poręba: z życia podpszczyńskiej wsi|language=pl|location=Pszczyna|publisher=Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Pszczyńskiej|page=13|isbn=978-83-62674-16-9}} It became part of the emerging [Polish state](/source/Duchy_of_Poland_(966%E2%80%931025)) in the 10th century. As a result of the fragmentation of Poland, it was part of the Polish [Seniorate Province](/source/Seniorate_Province) and [Duchy of Racibórz](/source/Duchy_of_Racib%C3%B3rz). The village was first mentioned in 1468 as ''de Piasek''. Afterwards, the village passed under [Bohemian (Czech)](/source/Kingdom_of_Bohemia) suzerainty, and in the 15th century, it became part of the newly formed [Duchy of Pszczyna](/source/Duchy_of_Pszczyna). During the political upheaval caused by [Matthias Corvinus](/source/Matthias_Corvinus) the duchy was overtaken in 1480 by [Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn](/source/Casimir_II%2C_Duke_of_Cieszyn) from the [Piast dynasty](/source/Piast_dynasty), who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian [magnate](/source/magnate)s of the [Thurzó](/source/Thurz%C3%B3) family, forming the [Pless](/source/Duchy_of_Pless) [state country](/source/state_country). In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as ''Pyesek''.{{cite journal|last= Musioł|first= Ludwik|date= 1930|title= Dokument sprzedaży księstwa pszczyńskiego z dn. 21. lutego 1517 R.|url= http://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=9512&from=publication|journal= Roczniki Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk na Śląsku|location= Katowice|publisher= nakł. Towarzystwa; Drukiem K. Miarki|volume= R. 2|pages= 235–237|accessdate= 12 September 2014|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140911012410/http://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=9512&from=publication|archivedate= 11 September 2014}} Along with the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 it became part of the [Habsburg monarchy](/source/Habsburg_monarchy). In the [War of the Austrian Succession](/source/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession) most of Silesia was conquered by the [Kingdom of Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia), including the village, and in 1871 it became part of the [German Empire](/source/German_Empire). After [World War I](/source/World_War_I), Poland regained independence, and following the subsequent Polish [Silesian Uprisings](/source/Silesian_Uprisings) against Germany, the village was reintegrated with the reborn Polish state. During the [invasion of Poland](/source/invasion_of_Poland), which started [World War II](/source/World_War_II) in September 1939, the village was invaded by Germany, and was one of the sites of executions of [Poles](/source/Polish_people) carried out by German troops (see ''[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation](/source/Nazi_crimes_against_the_Polish_nation)'').{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=[IPN](/source/Institute_of_National_Remembrance)|page=136}} During the subsequent [German occupation](/source/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)), the occupiers established and operated the E548 [forced labour](/source/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II) subcamp of the [Stalag VIII-B/344](/source/Stalag_VIII-B) [prisoner-of-war camp](/source/German_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_World_War_II) in the village.{{cite web|url=https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|title=Working Parties|website=Lamsdorf.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029103834/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|accessdate=3 July 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020}} ==Sports== The local [football](/source/Association_football) team is Czarni Piasek.{{cite web|url=http://www.czarnipiasek.prv.pl|title=Oficjalna strona Klubu Sportowego Czarni Piasek|accessdate=3 July 2021|language=pl}} It competes in the lower leagues. ==Notable people== * {{ill|Teodor Paliczka|pl}} (1937–2009), Polish mathematician, university lecturer, deputy mayor of [Katowice](/source/Katowice) == References == {{Reflist}} {{commons category|Piasek (powiat pszczyński)|Piasek}} {{Gmina Pszczyna}} Category:Villages in Pszczyna County --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Piasek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasek) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasek?action=history)). 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