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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Suszec
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =  
| image_skyline = Suszec, Kościół św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika - fotopolska.eu (341607).jpg
| image_caption = [[The Parish of St. Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr]]
| image_flag =
| image_shield = POL Suszec COA.svg
| 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 = [[Pszczyna County|Pszczyna]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Suszec|Suszec]]
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1326
| coordinates = {{coord|50|02|16|N|18|47|18|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 4491<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statystyka stałych mieszkańców 2021 |url=https://www.suszec.pl/mfiles/14044/28/0/z/2022-01-03-SKMBT_C28022010308180.pdfhttps://www.suszec.pl/mfiles/14044/28/0/z/2022-01-03-SKMBT_C28022010308180.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref>
| website = http://www.suszec.pl
}}
'''Suszec''' {{IPAc-pl|'|s|u|sz|e|c}} (German ''Sussetz'') is a [[village]] in [[Pszczyna County]], [[Silesian Voivodeship]], in southern Poland. It is the seat of the [[gmina]] (administrative district) called [[Gmina Suszec]].{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Pszczyna]] and {{convert|28|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of the regional capital [[Katowice]].

In the area of the village there is the [[The Parish of St. Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr (Suszec, Poland)|Parish of St. Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr]] and [[Krupiński Coal Mine]].

In 2004. Suszec won the first edition of the competition "Beautiful Village of Silesian Voivodeship" in the category "most beautiful village".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suszec - najpiękniejsza wieś województwa śląskiego |url=https://www.suszec.pl/pl/6556/1689/suszec-najpiekniejsza-wies-wojewodztwa-slaskiego.html |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=www.suszec.pl}}</ref>

==Name and crest==
The name of Suszec appeared in the list of Polish towns only one time. It comes from the word "suchy" (dry), as 300 years ago the neighboring areas were covered with swamps and bogs, and only the village of Suszec was a place acceptable for living and working.

The branchy tree is a crest of Suszec - at least from the end the 18th century. On May 10, 1994, the Commune Council accepted and confirmed the crest of Suszec in this form. The tree is also a crest for the whole commune.<ref>from "Suszec Commune" 2000 {{ISBN|83-7208-153-0}}</ref>

== Parts ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Integral parts of the village of Suszec
!SIMC
!Name
!Type
|-
| 0222189
| [[Branica (Suszec)|Branica]]
| hamlet
|-
| 0222114
| Grabówka
| part of the village
|-
| 0222120
| Owczarnia
| part of the village
|-
| 0222137
| Podlesie
| part of the village
|-
| 0222143
| Siągarnia
| part of the village
|-
| 0222150
| Sikowiec
| part of the village
|-
| 0222166
| [[Stary Suszec]]
| part of the village
|-
| 0222172
| Żabiniec
| part of the village
|}

== 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]] as ''Susechz''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Ptaśnik |last=Jan |author-link=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>

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 [[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 ''Sussecz''.<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> The Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 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.

In January 1945, the so-called [[Death marches during the Holocaust|death marches]] from the [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Oświęcim]] to the [[Wodzisław Śląski railway station|railroad station in Wodzisław Śląski]] passed through the village.

Franciszek Błażyca, a foreman of the Silesian Province Police, one of the victims of the [[Katyn massacre]], was born here.

== Tourism and recreation ==
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2025}}
The area of the [[Gmina Suszec|Suszec commune]] is surrounded on all sides by forests - the remains of the so-called Pszczyna Forest - protecting the commune from pollution from the nearby urban agglomerations. Part of the forests in the area of Suszec and [[Rudziczka, Silesian Voivodeship|Rudziczka]] belongs to the landscape park (and park buffer zone) "[[Rudy Landscape Park]]". Moreover, in the northern part of the commune there is a "[[Babczyna Dolina Nature Reserve|Babczyna Dolina nature reserve]]". In the commune there are about 120 plant species listed in the "Red Book" of rare and vanishing species in Poland.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

To the southwest of the village there is a recreation and holiday center "Gwaruś", which belongs to the commune. It was established on the basis of one of the oldest ponds in here with the area of 9.3 ha. In 1983, in the area of the pond, works were commenced with the aim of building a recreation center of the Krupiński Coal Mine in Suszec; to this end, the existing reservoir was divided into two smaller ones (the eastern one - recreation and the western one - breeding). The works were completed in 1986 and the pond "Godziek" was renamed to "Gwaruś" (the first name "Godziek" came from the name of the first owner from the 15th century - Godźek). Since 1999 the whole center has been managed by the Communal Cultural Centre and the Municipal Office in Suszec (GOK). Since 2017. "Gwaruś" with the adjacent land was leased by a private company.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/suszec/ Jewish Community in Suszec] on Virtual Shtetl

{{Gmina Suszec}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Pszczyna County]]

Suszec - Revision history

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