Country Poland County/City Bielsko-Biała Area code(s) (+48) 033 Population 3,149 (2006) | Voivodeship Silesian Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 5.846 km² | |
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Straconka (German: Dresseldorf) is a osiedle (district) of Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The osiedle has an area of 5.8455 km2 and on December 31, 2006 had 3,149 inhabitants.
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Map of Straconka, Bielsko-biala, Poland
It is located in the south-east part of the city, in the valley of the Straconka stream, on the western slopes of the Little Beskids.
History
The village was established around 1550 as a hamlet of Lipnik and was first mentioned in 1564. The first inhabitants were Lutherans from Lipnik, named Hoffman and Protzner. In the 18th century the village began to be catholicized by Jesuits.
Upon the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia. In 1854 the village formed a municipality. In 1875 Straconka became a seat of a Catholic parish. In the second half of the 19th century the village became a resort destination, not only for the nearby Bielsko residents, whereas the local inhabitants most often worked in the textile industry in Bielsko and Biała. In 1900 the municipality had 12,92 km², 1576 inhabitants, majority of them being Polish-speaking Catholics.
After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became part of Poland. In 1973 most of the area of the Straconka was absorbed by the town of Bielsko-Biała.