The Old Road and historic border between Kozy and Kęty
The local section of the historical route connecting Cieszyn with Lviv is known as the Old Road. Until the creation of the Imperial Road in the second half of the 18th century, this was the main trade route connecting the nearby towns of Kęty and Bielsko. According to oral accounts, King Jan III Sobieski’s army under the command of Hetman Mikołaj Sieniawski marched through this road in 1683 to relieve Vienna. The wooden crucifix which stands at the crossroads of ulica Nadbrzeżna and ulica Jana III Sobieskiego was built to commemorate the event. In its heyday, there were two inns standing on the side of the road named “Pod wołem” (The Ox) and “Chechówka”. After the construction of the “Imperial Road”, the old road was reduced to local traffic and for driving cattle to nearby markets and fairs. The border between Kozy and the town of Kęty in the east was delineated in detail in 1548 by a decree issued by Seweryn Boner, a royal banker, on the recommendation of King Zygmunt Stary. The border between Kozy, Kęty and Bujaków was marked with so-called border mounds, of which there were 18 in that section. The demarcated border was finally approved by a decree issued by King Stefan Batory in 1578, which was written in Czech. Today, the border between the municipalities of Kozy and Kęty also marks the border between the provinces of Śląsk and Małopolska.