Szyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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Szyce [ˈʂɨt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Wieś, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1]
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  Szyce Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 50°31′20″N 19°40′36″E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Kraków |
| Gmina | Wielka Wieś |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | KRA |
| Primary airports | Kraków John Paul II International Airport |
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History
In 1234, Duke Bolesław V the Chaste from the Piast dynasty granted the village to a man named Klemens, who then passed it to his wife Racława.[2] By 1238 it passed to the monastery in Staniątki.[2]
Following the Partitions of Poland, from 1815, it was located in the Russian Partition of Poland. In 1827 Szyce had a population of 82.[2] During the January Uprising, on 4 February and 7 May 1863, battles between Polish insurgents and Russian troops took place in Szyce.[3]
Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village. In 1924 the second Polish folk high school was established in Szyce.[4]
