Oleśnica, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
{{other places|Oleśnica}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Oleśnica
| settlement_type = Town
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| image_skyline = MOs810 WG 38 2024 (Wisła - Pogórze) Church of St. Mary in Oleśnica 02.jpg
| image_caption = Church of the Assumption in Oleśnica
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Świętokrzyskie
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Staszów
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Oleśnica
| subdivision_type4 = Sołectwo
| subdivision_name4 = Oleśnica
| coordinates = {{coord|50|27|12|N|21|03|54|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| elevation_m = 182.1
| population_as_of = 31 December 2009 at Census
| population_blank1_title = Total
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 1,962
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 28–220
| area_code = +48 41
| blank_name = Car plates
| blank_info = TSZ
| website = http://www.olesnica.realnet.pl/
}}
Oleśnica{{cite book |last1= Bielec |first1= Jan (ed.) |last2= Szwałek |first2= Stanisława |others= Ministry of Administration, Spatial Economy and Environmental Protection |title= Wykaz urzędowych nazw miejscowości w Polsce. T. II: K – P |trans-title=List of official names of localities in Poland, Vol. II: K – P |edition= 1st |year= 1981 |publisher= Central Statistical Office |location= Warsaw, Poland |language= Polish |ref=Wykaz81}}{{cite book |last1= Sitek |first1= Janusz |others= Ministry of Physical Planning and Construction, Surveyor General of Poland, Council of Ministers' Office, Commission for Establishing Names of Localities and Physiographical Objects |title= Nazwy geograficzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej |trans-title=Geographical names of the Republic of Poland |edition= 1st |year= 1991 |publisher= Eugeniusz Romer State Cartographical Publishing House |location= Warsaw, Poland |language= Polish |isbn= 83-7000-071-1 |ref= Nazwy91}}{{cite web |url= http://maps.geoportal.gov.pl/webclient/default.aspx?crs=EPSG%3A2180&bbox=646370.8549097859,289316.44546571193,646737.0329885208,289464.9670841507&variant=ORTO |title= Oleśnica, wieś, gmina Oleśnica, powiat staszowski, województwo świętokrzyskie |trans-title=Oleśnica, village, Oleśnica Commune, Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Province, Poland |accessdate= 27 April 2011 |year= 2011 |language= pl|work= Topographical map prepared in 1:10,000 scale. Aerial and satellite orthophotomap |publisher= Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography, Poland, Warsaw |at= geoportal.gov.pl}} ({{IPA|pl|ɔlɛˈɕɲit͡sa|lang}}) is a town in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Oleśnica. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} south-west of Staszów and {{convert|58|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of the regional capital Kielce.{{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}}
History
During the reign of King Casimir III the Great, Oleśnica was the seat of a Roman Catholic parish, which covered the area of 49 square kilometers. The village furthermore served as main residence of the noble Oleśnicki family (later, it belonged to the Zborowski family and the Lubomirski family). The father of Cardinal Zbigniew Oleśnicki was born here.
Oleśnica received Magdeburg rights in the year 1470, and during the Polish Golden Age, it was a small town, with 12 artisans. Furthermore, since the mid-16th century, it was a local center of the Protestant Reformation, with a Calvinist prayer house, opened here in 1563 by Mikolaj Zborowski. The population of the town remained small – in 1673, it was only 184. Oleśnica was completely destroyed in the Great Northern War.
After the late-18th-century Partitions of Poland it briefly belonged to the Habsburg Empire. After the Polish victory in the Austro-Polish War of 1809, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After its dissolution in 1815, it was part of the Russian-controlled Congress Poland, where it remained until 1915. Due to proximity of the tightly locked Austrian–Russian border, Oleśnica's development was halted, and finally, after the January Uprising, it lost the town charter. After World War I, Poland regained independence and control of Oleśnica. According to the 1921 census, it had a population of 1,133, 97.5% Polish and 2.5% Jewish.{{cite book|author=|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom III|year=1925|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=133}}
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was occupied by Germany.
Several notable people were born in or connected with Oleśnica. Among them were Dobieslaw Oleśnicki, the castellan of Wojnicz, Lublin and Sandomierz, the starosta of Kraków, who participated in the Battle of Grunwald and commanded the siege of the Malbork Castle in 1410, and Cardinal Zbigniew Olesnicki, the Bishop of Krakow in 1423–1455, as well as many members of the Zborowski family.
Demography
According to the 2002 Poland census, there were 1,961 people residing in Oleśnica village, of whom 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.5% under the age of 18, 38.6% from 18 to 44, 17% from 45 to 64, and 16% who were 65 years of age or older.{{cite web | url = http://www.stat.gov.pl/bdlen/app/strona.html?p_name=indeks | title = Local Data Bank (Bank Danych Lokalnych) – Layout by NTS nomenclature (Układ wg klasyfikacji NTS) | publisher = GUS | location = demografia.stat.gov.pl | date = 10 March 2011}}
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References
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{{Gmina Oleśnica, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship}}