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Horní Suchá
Horní Suchá (, ) is a municipality and village in the Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,300 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority. Etymology The name Suchá literally means 'dry'. According to one theory, the name is derived from the name of a hypothetical river or stream ''Sucha'', which dried up. The supplementary adjective ''Horní'' means 'upper' denoting its upper location in comparison to sister settlements: Prostřední Suchá ('middle') and Dolní Suchá ('lower'). Geography Horní Suchá is located next to Havířov, about southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia in the Ostrava Basin lowland. History Horní Suchá may have been founded by Polish monks from the Order of Saint Benedict from the Orlová monastery. The first mention of the village comes from a Latin document of the Diocese of Wrocław called ''Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obec
(, ; plural ) is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality (in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia and abroad). The literal meaning of the word is " commune" or " community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities and towns are also municipalities. Definition The legal definition (according to the Czech code of law with similar definition in the Slovak code of law) is: ''"The municipality is a basic territorial self-governing community of citizens; it forms a territorial unit, which is defined by the boundary of the municipality."'' Every municipality is composed of one or more cadastral areas. Every municipality is also composed of one or more municipal parts (), which are usually town quarters or villages. A municipality can have its own flag and coat of arms. Czech Republic Almost the entire area of the Czech Republic is divided into municipalities, with the only exception being military training areas. The smaller mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |