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Puńców is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on the border with the Czech Republic. The village lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

Key facts

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+2
Settlement.official_name
Puńców
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
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POL Puńców Kościół św. Jerzego.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Saint George church
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POL Puńców COA.png
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Poland
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right
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
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Voivodeship
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County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Cieszyn
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Gmina
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Goleszów
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Andrzej Ernst
Settlement.established_title
First mentioned
Settlement.established_date
1223

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • Landmarks
  • Footnotes
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Puńców is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on the border with the Czech Republic. The village lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The name is probably of possessive origin derived from personal name Puńc (such a name was probably derived from Middle High German word , , later a nickname?).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puńców” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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