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لأماكن أخرى بنفس الاسم، انظر Cieszyn (disambiguation) (توضيح).

Cieszyn
Market square
Flag ملف:POL Cieszyn COA.svg Coat of arms
الشعار:  Amore et non dolore
Cieszyn Location of Cieszyn in Poland
الإحداثيات: 49°44′54.37″N 18°37′59.56″E
Country	بولندا
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Cieszyn
First mentioned	1155
الحكومة
• Mayor	Gabriela Staszkiewicz
المساحة
• الإجمالي	28٫69 كم² (11٫08 ميل²)
التعداد  (2006)
• الإجمالي	36٬014
• الكثافة	1٬300/km2 (3٬300/sq mi)
Postal code	43-400
الموقع الإلكتروني	http://www.cieszyn.pl/

Cieszyn [ˈt​͡ɕɛʂɨn] ( استمع) (تشيكية: Těšín, ألمانية: Teschen, لاتينية: 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), 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.

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 Geography

Panorama of Cieszyn

 International relations

انظر أيضاً: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

 Twin towns — Sister cities

Cieszyn is twinned with:

Český Těšín, Czech Republic Genk, Belgium

Lucerne, Switzerland Puck, Poland

Rožňava, Slovakia Teuva, Finland

 Gallery

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  The Town Hall at the Cieszyn Market Square

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  Townhouses in Cieszyn

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  Rotunda from circa 1180 / St. Nicholas Church

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  14th century Piast tower

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  Nicolaus Copernicus High School in Cieszyn

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  Statue of Saint Florian

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  Monastery, church, and hospital of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth

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  Mary Magdalene Dominican Church, begun in late 13th century

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  Hunting Palace of the Habsburgs and monument commemorating Silesian legionnaries fallen for Poland

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  Adam Mickiewicz Theatre

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  Hotel on the town square

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  Evangelical Protestant Church of Jesus, begun in 1710

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  Communal Cemetery in Cieszyn

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  Museum of the Cieszyn Silesia

 References

• Dzieje Cieszyna od pradziejów do czasów współczesnych. Cieszyn: Książnica Cieszyńska. 2010. ISBN 978-83-927052-6-0.
• 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 80-238-4804-6.

 Further reading

• Długajczyk, Edward (1993). Tajny front na granicy cieszyńskiej. Wywiad i dywersja w latach 1919-1939. Katowice: Śląsk. ISBN 83-85831-03-7.

 External links

• Official website
• Museum of Cieszyn Silesia (Muzeum Śląska Cieszyńskiego)
• Jewish Community in Cieszyn on Virtual Shtetl