Węgierska Górka

A gmina seat in Żywiec County, in the Soła valley, which separates the Silesian Beskids from the Żywiec Beskids. The first records date from 1477, and it has been the gmina seat since 1973.

Culture

Municipality: Węgierska Górka
County: żywiecki

Verified history

History of the village

The first records of the locality are linked to a border dispute between King Kazimierz Jagiellończyk and King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary in 1477. In 1706 Franciszek Wielopolski founded a manor farm that took the name Węgierska Górka. In 1838 Adam Wielopolski founded an iron works here, converted into a foundry in 1905. In 1973 the village became the seat of the gmina.

Sources (1)

Węgierska Górka – Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia — link