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Polish
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: , german: Pudlau) is a village in
Karviná District
Karviná District ( cs, okres Karviná, pl, powiat Karwina) is a district ('' okres'') within the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the city of Karviná. It was created by 1960 reform of administrative di ...
,
Moravian-Silesian Region,
Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of
Bohumín in 1974. It has a population of 1,006 (2022). The village lies in the historical region of
Cieszyn Silesia.
History
The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1428. It was heavily influenced by the industry. At the beginning of the 20th century, rapid industrial development occurred, which led also to a rise of the village's population.
According to the
Austrian
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census of 1910 the village had 3,016 inhabitants, 2,865 of whom had permanent residence there. The census asked people for their native language; 1,761 (61.5%) were German-speaking, 992 (34.6%) were Polish-speaking and 112 (3.9%) were Czech-speaking.
Jews were not allowed to declare
Yiddish
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, most of them thus declared the German language as their native. The most populous religious groups were
Roman Catholics
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with 2,733 (90.6%), followed by
Protestants
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with 112 (3.7%).
After
World War I, fall of
Austria-Hungary,
Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of
Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the village became a part of
Czechoslovakia. Following the
Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the
Zaolzie region it was annexed by
Poland, administratively organised in
Frysztat County
Frysztat County () was an administrative territorial entity of the Second Polish Republic. Named after its capital in the town of Frysztat (now Fryštát district of the town Karviná, Czech Republic), it was part of Silesian Voivodeship, and exis ...
of
Silesian Voivodeship.
The village was then annexed by
Nazi Germany at the beginning of
World War II. After the war it was restored to
Czechoslovakia.
Notable people
*
Tomáš Pospíchal, footballer
See also
*
Polish minority in the Czech Republic
*
Zaolzie
Footnotes
References
Description of the village
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Neighbourhoods in the Czech Republic
Villages in Karviná District
Cieszyn Silesia