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{{other places|Gostyń}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gostyń
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Gostyn Slaska 0001.JPG
| image_caption = Saints Peter and Paul church in Gostyń
| image_flag =
| image_shield = Gostyń CoA.jpg
| image_map =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Silesian Voivodeship|Silesian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mikołów County|Mikołów]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Wyry|Wyry]]
| coordinates = {{coord|50|6|12|N|18|52|58|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| elevation_m =
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| population_total = 3400
| registration_plate = SMI
}}
'''Gostyń''' ({{IPAc-pl|'|g|o|s|t|y|ń}}) is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Wyry]], within [[Mikołów County]], [[Silesian Voivodeship]], in southern Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of [[Wyry]], {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Mikołów]], and {{convert|19|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of the regional capital [[Katowice]].

==History==
[[File:Województwo śląskie powiat mikołowski Wyry Pomnik Pamięci Żołnierzy Września 1939 r.JPG|thumb|left|Monument commemorating the 1939 battle]]
Gostyń was first established in the 13th or 14th century, when it was part of [[Piast dynasty|Piast]]-ruled fragmented Poland.<ref name=wyry>{{cite web|url=https://wyry.pl/o-gminie/historia/|title=Historia|website=Portal gminy Wyry|access-date=14 March 2020|language=pl}}</ref> The village was abandoned in 1474, and reestablished in 1575.<ref name=wyry/>

Part of Germany from 1871, in 1872 as part of [[Germanisation of Poles during the Partitions|Germanisation]] policies, German was introduced as a lecture language in the local school.<ref name=wyry/> Gostyń was reintegrated with Poland, after the country regained independence in 1918 and the majority of the population voted for reintegration with Poland in the [[Upper Silesia plebiscite]] in 1921 (585 votes for Poland, 39 for Germany).<ref name=wyry/> In the first days of the [[invasion of Poland]], which started [[World War II]], on September 1–3, 1939, Gostyń was the site of fierce Polish defense against invading Germany, in which 60% of the village was destroyed.<ref name=wyry/> On September 2, 1939, the Germans murdered 13 [[Polish people|Polish]] inhabitants of the village, including 4 women and the local parish priest.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=134}}</ref> After the defeat of Germany in 1945, the village was restored to Poland and a monument was erected at the site of the 1939 battle.<ref name=wyry/>

There are two churches in the village: the Saints Peter and Paul church and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross church.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Gostyń, Silesian Voivodeship}}

{{Gmina Wyry}}
{{Massacres of Poles}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Mikołów County]]
[[Category:Sites of Nazi war crimes during the Invasion of Poland]]
[[Category:Sites of World War II massacres of Poles]]

Gostyń, Silesian Voivodeship - Revision history

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