Polish Protestants

[Peterski]

One of the largest concentrations of Protestants in Poland is in Cieszyn Silesia.

Ethnic situation in the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1869:

Red - Poles
Green - Moravians
Blue - Czechs (Bohemians)
Yellow - Germans

http://gazetacodzienna.pl/sites/default/files/imagecache/full_scr_watermark/Mapa1869.jpg

http://gazetacodzienna.pl/sites/default/files/imagecache/full_scr_watermark/Mapa1869.jpg

Ethnic structure of the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1900:

218,869 Poles
85,553 Moravians and Czechs
56,240 Germans

Percent of ethnic Poles in the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1910:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-Polacy_1910.png

Percent of Protestants in the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1910:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-protestanci_1910.png/800px-%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-protestanci_1910.png

Modern division of the region between Czechia and Poland:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Slask_cieszynski.png

^^^
This division left a sizeable Polish minority on the Czech side of the border.

Protestant Poles from this region include Adam Małysz and Jerzy Buzek:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ma%C5%82ysz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Buzek

https://ostrawa.msz.gov.pl/pl/wspolpraca_dwustronna/polonia_w_czechach/informator_polonijny/ostrawa_cz_k_117/

http://www.historia-polski.com/tablice_historyczne/innowiercy.htm

Jerzy Buzek was born in Smilovice (on the Czech side of the border) while Adam Małysz in Wisła, in the Polish part of Cieszyn Silesia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilovice_(Fr%C3%BDdek-M%C3%ADstek_District)#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wis%C5%82a

"Wisła is a popular year-round tourist destination, with the nearby mountains favored by ski jumpers (Malinka, ski jumping hill). It is known for being the home town of ski jumper Adam Małysz, and for the fact that it is the only city in Poland with a majority Protestant population."

https://static.berkutschi.com/berkutschi/images/news/000/002/659/xlarge/s_508.jpg?1525236908http://ungc.org.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Buzek-Jerzy-400x400.jpg

[Peterski]

Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_in_P oland#History

Wierni = members
Duchowni = priests

https://i.imgur.com/URuYXXx.png

Evangelical Methodist Church in Poland (size by year):

Wierni = members
Duchowni = priests

https://i.imgur.com/qEW3w8Q.png

[Peterski]

Here is data from 1921 census about ethnicity and religion in Polish part of Cieszyn Silesia:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/%C5%9Al%C4%85sk_Cieszy%C5%84ski-Polska_spis_powszechny_1921.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cieszyn_Silesia

https://i.imgur.com/f8edyLN.png

[Roy]

I have many friends / colleagues who are Polish protestants because I attended a primary school run by them but most of them are new converts.

[Ice]

Another connection with civilised western world

i always considered poles as "anti-russian" catholic slavs. seems like there is more than that :D