Górki Wielkie
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Górki Wielkie AUD is a village in Gmina Brenna
, Cieszyn County
, Silesian Voivodeship
, southern Poland. It has a population of 3554 (2008). It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia
and was first mentioned in a written document in 1305.
Polish writer Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
lived here from 1924 and is buried here. There is also a museum dedicated to her in Górki Wielkie.
Gmina Brenna
Gmina Brenna is a rural gmina in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia...
, Cieszyn County
Cieszyn County
Cieszyn County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech and Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...
, Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...
, southern Poland. It has a population of 3554 (2008). It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia
Cieszyn Silesia
Cieszyn Silesia or Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered around the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic...
and was first mentioned in a written document in 1305.
Polish writer Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter. She co-founded the wartime Polish organization Żegota, set up to assist Poland's Jews in escaping the Holocaust...
lived here from 1924 and is buried here. There is also a museum dedicated to her in Górki Wielkie.