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Dolní Tošanovice
Dolní Tošanovice (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Etymology The name is patronymic in origin derived from personal name ''Tosz''. It was variably subscribed in the historical documents: ''Tessinowitz'' (1305), ''Thusnowitz'' (1316), ''Tossinowicze'' (1445), ''Tossonowicze'' (1447, 1693), ''Toschonowitz'' (1523), ''Tossynowicze'' (1536, 1627), ''na Tossenowiczych'' (1703), ''Toschonowice'' (1724). In the 18th century the distinction between two villages developed. In 1736 both were mentioned as ''Nieder Toschonowitz'' and ''Ober Toschonowitz'' (literally "Lower" and "Upper"; ''Dolní'' and ''Horní'' in Czech). Geography Dolní Tošanovice is located about east of Frýdek-Místek and southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. History The first written mention of Tošanovice is in a Latin document o ...
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