Kończyce Wielkie
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| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Cieszyn |
| Gmina | Hażlach |
| First mentioned | 1305 |
| Area | |
| - Total | 14.45 km² (5.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| - Total | 1,832 |
| - Density | 126.8/km² (328.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 43-416 |
| Car plates | SCI |
Kończyce Wielkie is a village in Gmina Hażlach, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,832 (2006). It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
It was first mentioned in a written document in 1305 as Kończyce Książęce. There is a wooden Saint Michael the Archangel church built in 1777 in the village and a palace built by Jerzy Fryderyk Wilczek at the end of the 17th century. Last owner of the palace was countess Gabriela von Thun-Hohenstein. She was known in the region for her philanthropic activities, she helped poor children, worked in the Red Cross and in 1910 funded construction of a pavilion of Silesian Hospital in Cieszyn. She was then awarded a honorary citizen of that town. In 1945 Soviet troops entered the palace and devastated it. Aristocratic family was expropriated of their property and orphanage was set there. After the fall of communism in Poland, there were problems with the property laws for the palace. It has been finally sold in 2007 to businessmen who declared they would like to set up a hotel there.
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- Cicha, Irena; Kazimierz Jaworski, Bronisław Ondraszek, Barbara Stalmach and Jan Stalmach (2000). Olza od pramene po ujście. Český Těšín: Region Silesia. ISBN 80-238-6081-X.
- Londzin, Józef (1932). Kościoły drewniane na Śląsku Cieszyńskim. Cieszyn: Dziedzictwo błog. Jana Sarkandra, 171-177.
- Trzcionka, Wojciech. "Pałac zamieni się w hotel", gazetacodzienna.pl, 28 December 2007.
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