The cloth hall – ul. Brzozowa
The brick house from around 1805 was formerly numbered 201. It is one of a series of magnificent brick residential buildings erected at the turn of the 19th century when Kozy was owned by the Jordan family. These houses were usually inhabited by manor workers, craftsmen or farmers. Originally the building had all rooms vaulted. The building housed a weaver’s workshop, which is confirmed by the entries in the parish register books. In 1819 the house was inhabited by the family of Jacek Pieczora, a farmer, as well as by a pair of weavers Michał Romański and Józef Honkisz. The production of cloth from sheep’s wool was an important craft in the regions of Bielsko and Biała in the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition to specialized craftsmen, weaving was also practiced by peasants, whose main source of income was working on the land. Wool and linen were woven mainly in winter, when there was less work in the fields. The manufactured textiles were sold at fairs and markets in the surrounding towns (Biała, Kęty) or used for individual needs. The development of industrial production of textiles in Bielsko and Biała in the mid-19th century put an end to the craft production of textiles in Kozy and the neighbouring villages, but local weavers continued to work in the textile industry in Bielsko-Biała well into the second part of the 20th century.