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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Radostowice
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =  
| image_skyline =
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| image_shield = POL Radostowice COA.jpg
| 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 = [[Pszczyna County|Pszczyna]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Suszec|Suszec]]
| coordinates = {{coord|50|1|N|18|54|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1500
| registration_plate = SPS
| website =
}}
'''Radostowice''' {{IPAc-pl|r|a|d|o|s|t|o|'|w|i|c|e}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Suszec]], within [[Pszczyna County]], [[Silesian Voivodeship]], in southern Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Suszec]], {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Pszczyna]], and {{convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Katowice]].

==History==
In the [[Middle Ages]], the area was part of the territory of the [[Vistulans]] tribe, one of the [[Polish tribes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Orlik|first=Zygmunt|year=2012|title=Poręba: z życia podpszczyńskiej wsi|language=pl|location=Pszczyna|publisher=Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Pszczyńskiej|page=13|isbn=978-83-62674-16-9}}</ref> It became part of the emerging [[Duchy of Poland (966–1025)|Polish state]] in the 10th century. As a result of the fragmentation of Poland, it was part of the Polish [[Seniorate Province]] and [[Duchy of Racibórz]]. The village was established in the 14th century.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} The name of the village comes from the Polish word ''radość'', which means "[[joy]]".

Afterwards, the village passed under [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemian (Czech)]] suzerainty, and in the 15th century, it became part of the newly formed [[Duchy of Pszczyna]]. During the political upheaval caused by [[Matthias Corvinus]] the duchy was overtaken in 1480 by [[Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn]] from the [[Piast dynasty]], who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian [[magnate]]s of the [[Thurzó]] family, forming the [[Duchy of Pless|Pless]] [[state country]]. In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as ''Radostowicze''.<ref>{{cite journal |last= Musioł|first= Ludwik|date= 1930|title= Dokument sprzedaży księstwa pszczyńskiego z dn. 21. lutego 1517 R.|url= http://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=9512&from=publication|journal= Roczniki Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk na Śląsku|location= Katowice |publisher= nakł. Towarzystwa ; Drukiem K. Miarki| volume= R. 2|pages = 235–237| accessdate= 12 September 2014}}</ref> Along with the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 it 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, and in 1871 it became part of the [[German Empire]]. In 1861, it had a population of 382, mainly Catholics by religion.<ref>{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX|year=1888|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=436}}</ref> After [[World War I]], Poland regained independence, and following the subsequent Polish [[Silesian Uprisings]] against Germany, the village was reintegrated with the reborn Polish state.

During the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German occupation]] ([[World War II]]), in 1942–1943, the occupiers operated a [[List of subcamps of Auschwitz|subcamp]] of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] in the village, in which dozens of prisoners were subjected to [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-sub-camps/radostowitz/|title=Radostowitz|website=Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau|accessdate=3 July 2021}}</ref>

==Transport==
The [[Voivodeship road]] 935 runs through the village and the [[National road 1 (Poland)|National road 1]] runs nearby, east of the village.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gmina Suszec}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Pszczyna County]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 14th century]]

Radostowice - Revision history

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