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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pszczyna
| other_name = Pleß<br />Pština
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage|size=250|position=center|spacing=3|
| photo1a = Ratusz w pszczynie.jpg
| photo2a = Zamek w Pszczynie od parku h693d.JPG}}
| image_caption = Protestant Church and Town Hall at the ''Rynek'' (top)<br />[[Pszczyna Castle]] (bottom)
| image_flag = POL Pszczyna flag.svg
| image_shield = POL Pszczyna COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label = Pszczyna
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Silesian Voivodeship|name=Silesian}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of Polish counties|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Pszczyna County|Pszczyna]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Pszczyna|Pszczyna]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Dariusz Skrobol
| area_total_km2 = 21.86
| population_as_of = 2019-06-30<ref>{{cite web |title=Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June|url=https://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/population/population/population-size-and-structure-and-vital-statistics-in-poland-by-territorial-division-in-2019-as-of-30th-june,3,26.html|website=stat.gov.pl|publisher=Statistics Poland|date=2019-10-15|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
| population_total = 25823
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| coordinates = {{coord|49|59|N|18|57|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| elevation_m = 262
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 43–200
| blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info = SPS
| blank1_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank1_info = [[Humid continental climate#Mild/cool summer subtype|Dfb]]
| website = http://www.pszczyna.pl 
}}
'''Pszczyna''' {{IPAc-pl|'|p|sz|cz|y|n|a}} ({{langx|de|Pleß}}, {{langx|cs|Pština}}) is a town in the [[Silesian Voivodeship|Silesia Province]] in [[Poland]],{{TERYT}} with a population of 25,823 (2019), and is the seat of a local [[gmina]] (commune) and district.

It was previously part of the [[Katowice Voivodeship|Katowice Province]] from 1975 until the [[Administrative divisions of Poland|1998 administrative reforms]].

==Etymology==
There are several different theories of the origins of the name ''Pszczyna''. Ezechiel Zivier (1868–1925) hypothesized that the land was first owned by Pleszko (alternatively Leszko, or possibly Leszek, Duke of [[Racibórz]]). Polish scholar [[Aleksander Brückner]] in turn explained the name based on its old spelling ''Plszczyna'', from the ancient Polish word ''pło'' or ''pleso'' meaning a lake, making ''Plszczyna'' a place by a lake. Brückner's derivation, suggesting a marshy lakeside, based on [[Proto-Slavic language|Proto-Slavic]] ''plszczyna'', is generally accepted in literature. Yet another explanation has been put forward by Prof. [[Jan Miodek]] of [[Wrocław University]], who derives the town's name from the name of a nearby river, now known as Pszczynka. Miodek claims, firstly, that the town owes its name to the river, not vice versa (as the -ka suffix in the present name of the river would indicate), and secondly, that the original name of the river, ''Blszczyna'', derives from [[Proto-Slavic language|Proto-Slavic]] ''blskati'', to glisten. The oldest recorded versions of the town's name (Plisschyn, Plisczyna, Plyssczyna, Blissczyna, Blyssczyna, Plesna, Pssczyna) exclude none of the above derivations, except perhaps the Leszko/Leszek one, which seems far fetched. Neither does the German name ''Pleß'' shed any light, as it simply reflects the Polish name at the time of the beginning of German settlement.

==History==

===Middle Ages and early Modern period===
The oldest settlement evolved around a small [[Gord (archaeology)|gord]] and wooden church in what was later known as [[Stara Wieś, Pszczyna|Stara Wieś]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Orlik| first = Zygmunt J.| title = Szkice z dziejów Starej Wsi| publisher = ITKM| place = Pszczyna | year = 2000| isbn = 83-7216-174-7| pages=15–16|url = http://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=11133}}</ref> The modern town (around ''Market Square'') was probably founded in the second half of the 13th century. The first reference in sources to the place dates from 1303. The main trading route between [[Kievan Rus]] and the [[Moravian Gate]] ran through Pszczyna in the early [[Middle Ages]], and the small settlement probably provided protective measures for merchants on the ford (surrounded by marshlands) of the small Pszczynka river.

The land around Pszczyna was historically part of [[Lesser Poland]]. [[Casimir II the Just]] ceded the land to [[Mieszko Plątonogi]], another [[Piast dynasty|Piast]] duke, of the [[Duchy of Opole and Racibórz]], about 1177. Mieszko Plątonogi was succeeded by other dukes from the Opole-Racibórz line: [[Casimir I of Opole]], [[Mieszko II the Fat]], his brother [[Władysław Opolski]], his two sons - [[Casimir of Bytom]] and [[Bolko I of Opole]], and finally [[Leszek of Racibórz]], who was the last to preserve the Duchy's independence. In 1327, he was forced to acknowledge sovereignty of [[John of Bohemia|John, King of Bohemia]]. After Leszek died childless in 1336, his lands passed down to his brother-in-law, [[Nicholas II, Duke of Opava]] (Mikołaj II), of the Czech [[Premyslid]] royal dynasty.

Mikołaj II, his son [[John I, Duke of Opava-Ratibor]], and his grandson [[John II, Duke of Opava-Ratibor]] (Jan II Żelazny) ruled the land for seven decades. In 1407, John II separated the area that is modern-day Pleß from his duchy as a [[wittum]] for his new wife, Helena of Lithuania (Helena Korybutówna, niece of [[Władysław II Jagiełło]], the king of Poland). The boundaries outlined by John II survived well into the 20th century. The contemporary land ([[powiat]]) of Pleß is only about half the size it was during the Middle Ages.
[[File:2012 Powiat pszczyński, Pszczyna, Pałac (04).jpg|thumb|left|[[Pszczyna Castle]], originally from the 13th century, rebuilt in [[Polish Renaissance]] style in the 17th century]]

In 1433, Pleß was attacked by the [[Hussites]], who laid siege to the castle but were eventually repulsed. Helena of Lithuania outlived John II, and reigned until 1449. The land was inherited by her son, [[Nicholas V, Duke of Krnov]] and then his widow, Barbara Rockenberg, daughter of a wealthy [[Kraków]] merchant. She was expelled by her stepson, [[John IV, Duke of Krnov|John IV]], who assumed power in the years 1462–1465. His rights were in turn disputed by his brother, [[Wenceslaus III, Duke of Rybnik]]. Aggressive policies caused a conflict between Wenceslaus III and the King of Hungary and Bohemia, [[Matthias Corvinus]]. Matthias overran the land and held the duke in captivity until his death. [[Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn]], the last of the local Piast dynasty bloodline, received the land in 1480 as a dowry of his wife, Joanna.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gojniczek |first1=Wacław |title=Przywilej z 1521 roku barona Aleksego Turzo z Bethlemfalvy dla szlachty pszczyńskiego państwa stanowego w sprawie utworzenia sądu ziemskiego |journal=Slezský sborník |date=2021 |volume=119 |issue=2 |page=34 |url=http://www.szm.cz/media/docs/slsb-2-21-web-61d2e5f8272af.pdf}}</ref> Casimir II sold it to a Hungarian noble Elek Thurzó ({{ill|Aleksy Thurzo|pl}}) in 1517. Two years later, [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]], King of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia instituted the ''"Free State of Pszczyna"'', with its ruler responsible not to him but directly to the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman]] Emperor. The new state was expanded to include fifty villages and four towns (including [[Bieruń]], [[Mysłowice]], and [[Mikołów]]), and was sworn allegiance by another 27 [[vassal]] villages.

The Thurzo family were in close relations with Polish King [[Sigismund I the Old]]. Queen [[Bona Sforza]] stayed for a night on her way to her wedding to Sigismund in Kraków in (1518). Thurzo possessions were diminished over time (stripped of [[Mysłowice]] in 1536) and eventually the land of Pleß was purchased by Balthasar von Promnitz, bishop of [[Wrocław]], under a special provision that the land should be further divided.

===Late Modern period===
[[File:Pszczyna Town Square.jpg|thumb|right|Market Square – ''Rynek'']]

Pleß was ravaged and pillaged during the [[Thirty Years' War]]. During the [[War of the Austrian Succession]], the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] clashed with [[Habsburg monarchy|Austria]] for Silesia and [[Frederick The Great]], the king of Prussia, seized most of Silesia in the [[First Silesian War]] of 1741–1742. The town was pillaged again during the [[Seven Years' War]]. Shortly afterwards, the last Promnitz gave the land to his nephew, Frederic Erdmann.

Erdmann's line, the Anhalts, held Pleß until the middle of the 19th century, when it passed to Hans Heinrich X of the powerful [[Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden|Hochberg]] family who held extensive lands around present-day [[Wałbrzych]]. The Hochbergs reached great prominence and wealth in the 19th century.

From 1816 to 1922, the town was the seat of {{ill|Kreis Pleß|de}}.

During the Polish [[January Uprising]] in 1863 [[Polish people|Poles]] smuggled large amounts of gunpowder through the town to the [[Russian Partition]] of Poland.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pater|first=Mieczysław|year=1963|title=Wrocławskie echa powstania styczniowego|journal=Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka|language=pl|issue=4|page=418}}</ref> From 1871 Pleß was part of Germany, however, at the beginning of the 20th century, over 80 percent of the district's population spoke Polish; during the 1910 census 86 percent declared as Polish speakers,<ref>''Die Polen in Oberschlesien: eine statistische Untersuchung'', Paul Weber, Berlin, 1914 [https://obc.opole.pl/dlibra/publication/998/edition/742/content]</ref> though in the town itself the percentage of Polish speakers was 33.<ref>''Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch'', Manfred Niemeyer (Ed.), Verlag Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2012, p. 494 [https://books.google.com/books?id=olXnBQAAQBAJ]</ref> When [[World War I]] erupted, the Hochbergs lent the estate to the German state for military purposes. The German chief of staff held his headquarters at the castle of Pleß, often visited by Emperor [[Wilhelm II]] himself.
[[File:Pszczyna, 28 sierpnia 1922. Józef Piłsudski przypina Virtuti Militari Stanisławowi Krzyżowskiemu.jpg|thumb|Visit of interwar Polish leader [[Józef Piłsudski]] in Pleß in 1922]]

After the war ended, the newly established [[Second Polish Republic]] and the German [[Weimar Republic]] struggled for control of the region. Prince [[Hans Heinrich XV]] favored the creation of an independent Silesian Republic or at least an independent Upper Silesia. The latter was supported by the [[Union of Upper Silesians]] (1919–1924), which he financed. With the outbreak of the [[Silesian Uprising]], the Hochbergs sided firmly with the German cause and made the estate available to German paramilitary organizations, including for a prison for the Polish insurgents. Hans Heinrich XV supplied units at his own expense, commanded by his son, Hans Heinrich XVII; they took part in the bitter struggles for [[Góra Świętej Anny]] in 1921. Earlier that year a plebiscite was held to determine the future of the region. In ''Kreis Pleß'' 53 thousands voted for Poland and 18 thousands for Germany. By contrast, voting in the town of Pleß gave victory to Germany, with 2843 over 910.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oberschlesiende.h619444.serverkompetenz.net/oberschlesien/Abstimmung/pless.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207062044/http://oberschlesiende.h619444.serverkompetenz.net/oberschlesien/Abstimmung/pless.html | archive-date=2008-02-07 | title=Unbenannt }}</ref> In view of the plebiscite results and in consequence of the [[Third Silesian Uprising]] the [[Versailles Treaty]] gave the land of Pleß to the [[Second Polish Republic]]. On May 29, 1922, the Polish army officially entered the city and the Polish administration took over, with [[Jan Figna]] becoming the first Polish mayor.

===World War II===
[[File:2012 Powiat pszczyński, Pszczyna, Cmentarz wojenny Pod Trzema Dębami.jpg|thumb|Mass grave of Polish soldiers fallen in the [[Battle of Pszczyna]] and Polish boy scouts and civilian defenders murdered by the Germans in September 1939]]

During the German [[invasion of Poland]], which started [[World War II]], fighting occurred in the surroundings of Pszczyna, which can be seen by observing the leftovers of concrete strongholds around the town. In that area, the [[Battle of Pszczyna]] took place on September 1–2, 1939, where German forces breached main Polish defensive lines protecting the Silesian area. On September 4, in the local park, the German ''[[Freikorps]]'' murdered 14 Poles who had taken part in the defense of nearby [[Katowice]] (13 boy scouts and one school teacher).<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=134}}</ref> They were buried in the nearby forest in an unmarked mass grave. Poles arrested during the ''[[Intelligenzaktion]]'', aimed at the extermination of the Polish [[intelligentsia]], were imprisoned in a local court prison, and then deported to [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]].<ref>Wardzyńska, p. 139</ref>

From November 1942 to April 1943, the German administration operated a [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] [[List of subcamps of Auschwitz|subcamp]] of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] in the present-day district of [[Stara Wieś, Pszczyna|Stara Wieś]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-sub-camps/altdorf/|title=Altdorf|website=Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau|access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref>

In the final stages of the war, in January 1945, the Nazi Germans murdered many prisoners of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]], who tried to escape during a [[Death marches during the Holocaust|death march]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://auschwitz.org/historia/ewakuacja/szlakiem-marszow-smierci|title=Szlakiem Marszów Śmierci|website=Miejsce Pamięci i Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau|access-date=22 November 2020|language=pl}}</ref> Between the end of January and beginning of February 1945, the war storm came through Pszczyna with no serious damage to the city. Unfortunately, the wooden historic church of [[Jadwiga of Poland|Saint Jadwiga]] burned down in 1939. The city was liberated on February 10, 1945.

===After 1945===
[[File:WK15 Pszczyna (1) Travelarz.jpg|thumb|Historical train station after renovation]]
Unlike the rest of [[Upper Silesia]], Pszczyna never experienced rapid industrialization. The ELWO factory was expanded and a new creamery and mill were founded. This, however, helped to preserve the historic old town and the palace located in the city center.

==Population==
In 2010 Pszczyna had a population of 25,415.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|align=left|'''Year'''||1787||1825||1905||1931||1961||1970||2004
|-
|align=left|'''Inhabitants'''||2 267||2 063||5 190||7 200||15 340||17 994||26 677
|}

===Jews in Pszczyna===
[[File:Pszczyna cmentarz żydowski.jpg|thumb|Inscription from the Jewish Cemetery]]

The Jewish community was small before the edict of 1780 granting Jews the right to settle in Silesian towns to the east of river [[Oder]]. By 1787, the Jewish population had grown to 85 people. Regulations passed by [[Frederick William III]] in 1812 proclaimed Jews to be full citizens of the state. As their numbers grew, Jews called for a synagogue to perform their religious duties. A wooden synagogue was built in 1834 and, eventually, a bricked structure in 1852. The synagogue has survived into the 21st century but nothing of historical value remains of the interior: during World War II it was used as a cinema.

The community's educational needs were also met with the establishment of a ''[[cheder]]'' (Jewish school) in 1812. From 1820, Jews were allowed to attend Protestant and Catholic schools. A new, joint Protestant and Jewish school was established in 1873 and became a municipal school in 1893.

The Jewish community reached its highest peak in 1885, numbering 341 members. Markus Brann, Jewish theologian and historian and future lecturer at the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau]], was active in Pszczyna during that period. The number of Jews had dropped significantly when Poland took control of the city in 1922, as most of the Jews identifying themselves as Germans had left for Germany.

Only scarce evidence of the town's former Jewish presence has been left – the cemetery, the former residence of the Jewish community and the synagogue.
The cemetery in Pszczyna, on Katowicka Street, was founded in 1814. The last reported burial took place in 1937. During World War II the cemetery was not destroyed. The oldest tombstone was discovered in June 2009. It belongs to Gitel Gutmann, who died on September 10, 1814. The cemetery is in the permanent custody of Sławomir Pastuszka, who provides information both on the cemetery and on the local Jewish community.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Jewish cemetery in Pszczyna (Katowicka Street)|url=https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/p/449-pszczyna/114-cemeteries/29657-jewish-cemetery-pszczyna-katowicka-street|work=Virtual Shtetl|publisher=[[POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews]]|access-date=9 January 2019}}</ref> On May 8, 2012, it was reported that the Jewish cemetery had been vandalized. Nineteen tombstones, some of which date back to the early 19th century, were damaged in the old part of the cemetery. The local community contributed to the restoration of 150 graves of historical value.<ref>{{cite web|title=A DEFACED JEWISH CEMETERY IN PSZCZYNA|url=http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/cms/news/2439,a-defaced-jewish-cemetery-in-pszczyna/|publisher=Museum of the History of Polish Jews|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626205347/http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/cms/news/2439,a-defaced-jewish-cemetery-in-pszczyna/|archive-date=26 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Protestants in Pszczyna===
Lutheranism was introduced to Pszczyna in 1568 by Duke Karol Promnitz. In a course of next 20 years, Lutheranism spread among the local population. A Protestant minister came to the county in 1569, followed by opening of the first Protestant school. During the counter-reformation in 1649 celebrations of Protestant religious service were confined to the Castle of Pszczyna.

From 1709 on Erdmann Promnitz received permission for building a Protestant church. Along with church, a Protestant school had been reintroduced. The church burned down in 1905 and was rebuilt two years later. It is still in operation and serves as the central point for the Protestant community, which numbers 1500 members.

==Geography==

===Topography===
Pszczyna is situated on sandy plains ascending into the east. The land is slightly hilly, but with no large relative elevations. The highest points are less than {{convert|260|m|ft|abbr=off}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]].

===Climate===
As Pszczyna is in a moderate climatic zone, the climate is directly influenced by a clash of oceanic and continental air masses. While the former usually takes the upper hand, the temperature does not vary widely. Severe or long winters are rare. The warm tropical air coming through the [[Moravian Gate]] (a depression between the [[Sudetes]] and the [[Carpathian Mountains]]) contributes to this.

The average annual temperature is {{convert|7|-|8|°C|°F|abbr=on}}. The hottest month is July ({{convert|15|°C|°F|abbr=on}} average) and the coldest is January ({{convert|-1|°C|°F|abbr=on}} average).

R. Gumiński researched the climate in the land around Pszczyna. He defined three distinguished sub-climatic provinces – the western "podsudecka", the eastern "tarnowska", and the northern "kielecko-czestochowska". The eastern part offers the most favorable environment for plants and vegetation, with over 220 days of [[growing season]] and {{convert|770|mm|in|abbr=on}} of [[precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]]. Pszczyna gets the least rainfall in winter months and the highest level in July. Snowfall begins in the middle of November, lingers for 50–70 days, and generally does not exceed a depth of {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}}.

Slight westerly winds are dominant, averaging {{convert|2|-|3|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. The period of windless weather appears regularly, caused by the cover of, and the dry down-slope [[foehn winds]] arriving from, the [[Beskid Śląski]] mountain range.

[[Goczałkowice Reservoir]], by far the largest reservoir in southern Poland, gives the climate in Pszczyna an even more distinctive imprint by moderating winters and summers.

===Land use===
[[File:Pałac oraz park krajobrazowy.jpg|thumb|''Park Zamkowy'' (Castle Park) in Pszczyna]]
The total area of {{convert|174|km2|sqmi|abbr=out}} includes {{convert|95|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of farmland ({{convert|68|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of [[arable land]], {{convert|1.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of [[orchard]]s, {{convert|16|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of [[meadow]]s, {{convert|9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of [[pasture]]) and {{convert|51|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of forest grounds ({{convert|50|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of forests, {{convert|1.6|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of tree-planted and shrub-planted land).<ref name="figures">{{cite web|title=Pszczyna in figures|url=http://www.pszczyna.pl/xs/index2.php?akcja=pokaztekst&id=127|access-date=6 May 2012|year=2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414220427/http://www.pszczyna.pl/xs/index2.php?akcja=pokaztekst&id=127|archive-date=14 April 2012}}</ref>

==Sports==
The local [[Association football|football]] club is MKS Iskra Pszczyna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iskra.pszczyna.pl|title=MKS Iskra Pszczyna|access-date=22 November 2020|language=pl}}</ref> It competes in the lower leagues.

==Notable people==
[[File:DaisyVPless.jpg|thumb|Memorial to [[Daisy, Princess of Pless|Daisy]] in Pszczyna]]
{{See also|Category:People from Pszczyna|Category:People from Pszczyna County}}
*[[Georg Philipp Telemann]] (1681–1767) composer, once a kapellmeister in the city
*[[Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen]] (1769–1830), Prussian general
*[[Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Pless]] (1783–1841)
*[[August Kiß]] (1802–1865), sculptor
*[[Wilhelm Engerth]] (1814–1884), architect
*[[Max Friedländer (journalist)|Max Friedländer]] (1829–1872), Jewish journalist who founded the Viennese newspaper the ''[[Neue Freie Presse]]''
*[[Hans Heinrich XV]] (1861–1938), [[Prince of Pless]] and local businessman
*[[Karl Hoefer]] (1862–1939), Prussian general
*[[Daisy, Princess of Pless]] (1873–1943)
*[[Otto Lasch]] (1893–1971), [[Wehrmacht]] general
*[[Max Liebling]] (1845–1927), concert pianist, composer, and conductor
*[[Bruno Chrobek]] (1895–1942) [[Wehrmacht]] general
*[[Johnny Friedlaender]] (1912–1992), Jewish artist
*[[Tomasz Tomczykiewicz]] (1961–2015), politician
*[[Przemysław Pitry]] (born 1981), footballer and manager
*[[Alicja Janosz]] (born 1985), singer, winner of the 2002 [[Idol (Polish TV series)|Polish Idol]] contest
*[[Joanna Worek]] (born 1986), Polish-Czech chess player

==Twin towns and sister cities==
See [[Gmina Pszczyna#Twin towns – sister cities|twin towns of Gmina Pszczyna]].

==See also==
*[[Pszczyna Castle]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons|Pszczyna}}
*{{in lang|pl|en|de}} [http://www.pszczyna.pl/ Official website]
*{{in lang|pl|en}} [http://www.pszczyna.info.pl/ Pszczyna Information Office]
*{{in lang|pl}} [http://www.zamek-pszczyna.pl/ Pszczyna Muzeum]
*{{in lang|pl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20140517125933/http://www.pszczyna.pl/xs/index2.php?akcja=pokaztekst&id=89 Name of town] derived from the word "plszczyna", describing the area.
*[http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/pszczyna/ Jewish Community in Pszczyna] on Virtual Shtetl

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