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{{see also|Gilowice, Pszczyna County}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gilowice
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type = &nbsp;
| image_skyline = Gilowice.JPG
| image_caption = Entering Gilowice
| image_flag =
| image_shield = POL gmina Gilowice COA.jpg
| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Silesian Voivodeship|Silesian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Żywiec County|Żywiec]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Gilowice|Gilowice]]
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1326
| coordinates = {{coord|49|42|N|19|18|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 4259
| website = http://gilowice.pl/
}}
'''Gilowice''' {{IPAc-pl|g|i|l|o|'|w|i|c|e}} is a [[village]] in [[Żywiec County]], [[Silesian Voivodeship]], in southern Poland. It is the seat of the [[gmina]] (administrative district) called [[Gmina Gilowice]].<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}}</ref> It lies approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0}} east of [[Żywiec]] and {{convert|65|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Katowice]].
== History ==
The village was first mentioned in 1326 in the register of [[Peter's Pence]] payment among Catholic parishes of [[Oświęcim]] [[deacon]]ry of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kraków|Diocese of Kraków]] under two names: '''''Gigersdorf''''' or '''''Gerowicz'''''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Ptaśnik |last=Jan |authorlink=Jan Ptaśnik |title=Monumenta Poloniae Vaticana T.1 Acta Camerae Apostolicae. Vol. 1, 1207-1344|publisher= Sumpt. Academiae Litterarum Cracoviensis|place=Cracoviae |year=1913 |pages = 147–150 |url= http://www.kpbc.ukw.edu.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=23551&from=&dirids=1&ver_id=&lp=4&QI=51AD482DA2B36ED801EE899F17FA474F-1 | language = la}}</ref>
Politically the village belonged then to the [[Duchy of Oświęcim]], formed in 1315 in the process of [[History of Poland#Fragmentation|feudal fragmentation of Poland]] and was ruled by a local branch of [[Piast dynasty]]. In 1327 the duchy became a [[Fee (feudal tenure)|fee]] of [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], which was in 1457 purchased to the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Polish Crown]], but earlier in obscure circumstances the area around Żywiec was excluded from the Duchy of Oświęcim and formed a private [[latifundium]]. Upon the [[First Partition of Poland]] in 1772 it became part of the [[Habsburg monarchy|Austrian]] Kingdom of [[Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria|Galicia]]. After [[World War I]], fall of [[Austria-Hungary]] it became a part of [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]]. It was annexed by [[Nazi Germany]] at the beginning of [[World War II]], and afterwards was restored to Poland.
==References==
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{{Gmina Gilowice}}
[[Category:Villages in Żywiec County]]
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