Jankowice, Pszczyna County
Jankowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pszczyna, within Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Pszczyna and south of the regional capital Katowice. The village has a population of 2,697.History
The village lies in the historical region of Upper Silesia.
During the political upheaval caused by Matthias Corvinus, the land around Pszczyna was overtaken by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country. In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517, the village was mentioned as Jankowicze. In 1526, the Kingdom of Bohemia became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In the War of the Austrian Succession, most of Silesia was conquered by the Kingdom of Prussia, including the village.
After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite, 467 out of 505 inhabitants voted in favour of joining Poland, compared to 38 for Germany. It later became a part of Silesian Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic. It was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war, it was restored to Poland.
