La cathédrale Saint-Nicolas (en polonais : Kościół katedralny św. Mikołaja) est une église catholique située à Bielsko-Biała, dans la voïvodie de Silésie. Elle est l'église-mère du diocèse de Bielsko-Żywiec depuis sa création en 1992.
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The Saint Nicholas' Cathedral is the main Roman Catholic Church of the city of Bielsko-Biała, in the Silesian Voivodship, Poland.
It overlooks the market square. Founded between 1443 and 1447, it was almost completely rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century according to a design by Viennese architect Leopold Bauer. Another artist from Vienna, Rudolf Harflinger, designed the stained-glass windows. The city was in that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the crownland Silesia.
In 1992, the church became the cathedral of the newly created dioceses of Bielsko and Żywiec.
The tower rises 61 meters above the city and is a landmark for the surrounding area.
The organ is a work from Rieger-Kloss, built in 1915.
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The Duchy of Bielsko was one of the duchies of Silesia.
It was created in 1572 out of the Duchy of Cieszyn as vassal of Bohemia and sold by Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn to Charles Promnitz.
Lately, in 1582 was sold to Adam Schaffgotsch, but ten years later was sold again to Sunnegh family. They in 1724 sold state country to Henry of Salm. In 1743 was county owned by Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz and in 1751 its status was changed to status maiores, so it can send deputies to Silesian Assembly.
In 1752, the State Country of Bielsko was purchased by Aleksander Józef Sułkowski. In that same year, the State Country was changed to the status of a lower principality. On November 2, 1754, Queen Maria Theresa of Austria created the Principality of Bielsko. The next owners of the Principality of Bielsko, members of the House of Sulkowski, had the right to the title of Herzog, during which time the remaining members of the family counted themselves amongst the lesser noble status of Fürst.
The Principality was till 1849 as autonomous principality in Austrian Silesia. After the 1920 division of Cieszyn Silesia between Poland and Czechoslovakia it became a part of Poland.
Its capital was in Bielsko, dukes were vassals of the King of Bohemia.
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The Museum of Technology and Textile Industry – a branch of the Museum in Bielsko-Biała, Poland – was founded on 1 January 1979 with the aim of evidencing the traditions of the local wool industry centre by means of collecting machines, devices and documents related to this field of production. Apart from this the Museum also exhibits items connected with firefighting, printing and metal machine industry. The Museum occupies some parts of the Büttners' former cloth factory, which used to be one of the biggest textile factories in Bielsko.
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The Bielsko-Biała Museum, also known as the Castle of the Sułkowski Princes is a museum for the city of Bielsko-Biała, Poland located in the historical Bielsko Castle. Three local branches of the museum have been established since the 1970s: the Julian Fałat Museum, the Museum of Technology and Textile Industry, and the Weaver's House Museum.
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The Bielsko Voivodeship was a voivodeship of the Polish People's Republic from 1975 to 1989, and the Third Republic of Poland from 1989 to 1998. Its capital was Bielsko-Biała. It was established on 1 June 1975, from the parts of the voivodeships of Katowice, and Kraków, and existed until 31 December 1998, when it was partitioned between then-established Lesser Poland, and Silesian Voivodeships.