Cieszyn - a city of Silesian Province in southern Poland on the border with the Czech Republic. Cieszyn is located on the banks of the River Olshe. In 1920, the city was divided between the two newly emerging states: Poland and Czechoslovakia, so that part of the city on the left bank of the river moved Czechoslovakia and was named Cesky Tesin, and the rest of Cieszyn joined Poland. The town combines both Polish and Austrian particularly in the architectural style of buildings. Because of several major fires and subsequent reconstructions (the last at the end of the 18th century), the picturesque old town is sometimes called Little Vienna.

The area around the modern Cieszyn were inhabited by Slavic peoples in the 7th century. According to legend, in 810, three brothers - Bolken, maturation and Czech met here after a long pilgrimage and decided to found a new settlement. They called it Cieszyn, from the words «cieszym się», which means "I am happy."

Cieszyn was known for its national, religious and cultural diversity due to the residence of the German, Polish, Jewish and Czech communities.

The city was divided in July 1920, after the conference in the Belgian town of Spa. In 1939, the whole of Cieszyn was captured by German troops during World War II was part of Nazi Germany. After the war, the border between the Polish and Czech side was restored. Only in 2007, when both countries entered the Schengen border control was lifted and residents were able to safely navigate.

Currently, the city hosts one of the most influential film festivals in Poland. The most important attractions of the city include: the Castle Hill with the rotunda of St. George the eleventh century, the palace of the Habsburgs, the parish church of St. Peter - one of the city's oldest churches. Also of interest is the Church of the Holy Trinity, built at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the monastery and the hospital of the Sisters of St. Elizabeth, and, of course, the Market Square with the Town Hall, the fountain with the statue of St. Florian and historical buildings.