Bystřice (Frýdek-Místek District)
Bystřice is a large village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of 5,173, Poles are 29.7% of the population. It lies between the Silesian and Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain ranges, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia; the Hluchová River flows to the Olza River in the village. The name is topographic in origin, it was first mentioned in a written document in 1523 as Bistrzicze. Politically it belonged to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. After the 1540s Reformation prevailed in the Duchy of Teschen and a local Catholic church was taken over by Lutherans. Local Protestants built there a wooden church in 1587, it was taken from them in the region by a special commission and given back to the Roman Catholic Church on 21 March 1654. In spite of being bereft of place of worship many of the local inhabitants remained to be Lutherans. After issuing the Patent of Toleration in 1781 they subsequently organized a local Lutheran parish as one of over ten in the region.
The Catholic church was dismantled in 1897. In the place of this wooden church was built a current Exaltation of the Cross Catholic wooden church. Lutherans built a wooden church in 1782 and current bricked one in 1811-1817. Settlers have lived off farming and pastures. After the construction of Třinec Iron and Steel Works in 1839, some of villagers went there working as workers. Many traditional old wooden houses still remain in some parts of the village. After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia; the village as a municipality was subscribed to the political district of Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 1,933 in 1880 to 2,442 in 1910 with the majority being native Polish-speakers accompanied by German-speaking and Czech-speaking people. In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Protestants, followed by Jews.
The village was traditionally inhabited by Cieszyn Vlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship, it was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia. Polish communist politician Karol Śliwka was born in the village. Cicha, Irena. Olza od pramene po ujście. Český Těšín: Region Silesia. ISBN 80-238-6081-X. Official website Bystřice congregation of SCEAV
Bocanovice
Bocanovice is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has 428 inhabitants, 30.9% of the population are ethnic Poles and 80.8% are Roman Catholics. It is situated on the foothills of the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Lomná River flows through the village; the name is patronymic in origin derived from personal name Bocon. The village was first mentioned in 1621 as Boczanowicze, it belonged to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg Monarchy. After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia; the village as a municipality was subscribed to the political district of Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 282 in 1880 to 330 in 1910 with the majority being native Polish-speakers accompanied by few German-speaking and Czech-speaking people.
In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics, followed by Protestants. The village was traditionally inhabited by Cieszyn Vlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship, it was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia. From 1975 to 1990 the village was administratively a part of Jablunkov. Sikora, Jacek. "Po europejsku". Głos Ludu. p. 1. Official website
Bílá (Frýdek-Místek District)
Bílá is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 320, it is located in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. There is a wooden church in the village. Media related to Bílá at Wikimedia Commons Official website Mikroregion Frýdlantsko
Dobratice
Dobratice is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,032; the village lies in the historical region of Těšín Silesia. The settlement could have been first mentioned in 1580 as Dobratice, it was recorded as Dobratitz, Dobratitz, so on, it belonged to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg Monarchy. After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia; the village as a municipality was subscribed to the legal district of Cieszyn. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 908 in 1880 to 954 in 1910 with a majority being native Czech-speakers, followed by Polish-speaking minority and German-speaking people and in 1910 there were 12 people speaking another languages. In terms of religion in 1910 majority were Roman Catholics, followed by Protestants. In 1863 a Saints Philip and James Church was built in the village, which led to a separation from Horní Domaslavice parish.
After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship, it was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia. Official website
Paskov
Paskov is a town in the Czech Republic with 3,841 people as of 2006. The settlement was first mentioned in a written document in 1267, it gained town rights in 2011. It is situated between Frýdek-Místek. Village website
Dolní Lomná
Dolní Lomná is a village in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, close to the borders with Poland and Slovakia. It has a population of 867, 31% of the population are the Poles and 72% are Roman Catholics, it is situated in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Lomná River flows through the village; the name of the village is of topographic origin borrowed from an older name of the Lomna river, which itself is derived from the words łom or załom. The settlement on the territory of the village in the Lomna river valley in Moravian-Silesian Beskids began in the middle of the 17th century; the village was first mentioned in 1684 as Lomna. It belonged to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg Monarchy. After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. Lomna as a single municipality was subscribed to the political district of Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov.
In 1873 two separate settlements were recognised: Dolní Lomná and Horní Lomná as. They were divided into two separate municipalities on 1 January 1890. According to the censuses conducted in 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 857 in 1890 to 912 in 1910. In 1910 the majority of the inhabitants were native Polish-speakers accompanied by a German-speaking minority and Czech-speaking people. In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics, followed by Jews; the village was traditionally inhabited by Silesian Gorals, speaking Jablunkov dialect. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship, it was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.
From 1975 to 1990 the village was administratively a part of Jablunkov. Official website
Dolní Domaslavice
Dolní Domaslavice is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. In 2006, it had a population of 1,055, it lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Domaslawitz utroque, it meant that there were two villages of that name, the other being Horní Domaslavice. Politically the village belonged to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia; the village as a municipality was subscribed to the legal district of Cieszyn. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 955 in 1880 to 1061 in 1910 with a majority being native Czech-speakers accompanied by a small Polish-speaking minority and German-speaking people.
In terms of religion in 1910 majority were Roman Catholics, followed by Protestants and Jews. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship, it was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia; the construction of Žermanice Dam on Lučina River in years 1951-1958 led to a partial flooding of Dolní Domaslavice and extraction of the eastern territory of the village to form a new municipality of Lučina in 1956. Official website
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