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Třinec
Třinec (; ; ) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the least populated Statutory city (Czech Republic), statutory city in the country. The city is an important cultural centre of the Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish minority in Trans-Olza, which makes up 12.1% of the population (as of 2021). Třinec is notable for the Třinec Iron and Steel Works steel plant, the largest in the country, which still has a major impact on the city, its character, demographics, and air quality. Administrative division Třinec consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Dolní Líštná (3,597) *Guty (Třinec), Guty (836) *Horní Líštná (400) *Kanada (1,044) *Karpentná (787) *Kojkovice (342) *Konská (Třinec), Konská (1,635) *Lyžbice (14,467) *Nebory (1,848) *Oldřichovice (Třinec), Oldřichovice (3,118) *Osůvky (446) *Staré Město ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Třinec Iron And Steel Works
Třinec Iron and Steel Works (TŽ) (, ) is a producer of long rolled steel products in Třinec, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. TŽ produces over a third of all steel produced in the Czech Republic (roughly 2.5 million tons annually). Since its establishment, Třinecké železárny's plants have produced more than 150 million tons of crude steel. Moravia Steel is the major shareholder of TŽ, the biggest Czech steel company controlled by domestic capital. History The area was rich in limestone, iron ore, clay and had a source of energy (the Olza River). The area also offered enough of a work force and it lies on a trade route from Slovakia, so a decision was taken to build an iron works at the location. In 1836 the construction of the first metallurgical furnace began. The iron mill began operating in 1839, becoming the largest in all of Cieszyn Silesia. At first, wood coal was used to heat the furnace; wood was cut in the nearby Silesian Beskids and Moravian-Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra (stream)
The Tyra (also called Tyrka) is a stream in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Olza River. It flows through Třinec in the Moravian-Silesian Region. It is long. Name The stream was originally officially named Tyrka (diminutive of Tyra), but during the era of Austria-Hungary it was mistakenly labeled as Tyra by an Austrian soldier, and has retained that name ever since. Locals call the stream only Tyrka, but efforts to officially rename it back to Tyrka were abandoned in 2023 due to the costs it would entail. Characteristic The Tyra flows exclusively through the municipal territory of Třinec. It originates in the woods in Třinec-Tyra in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids at an elevation of and flows north through Třinec-Oldřichovice to the centre of Třinec, where it enters the Olza River in the area of Třinec Iron and Steel Works at an elevation of . The stream is long. Its drainage basin has an area of . The longest tributary of the Tyra is the 5.6 km-long stream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyžbice
( Polish: , ) is a part of the city of Třinec in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the Olza River. It was a separate municipality but later became a part of Třinec. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and has about 14,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name is of patronymic origins derived from personal name *Łyżba. History The village was first mentioned in 1562 as ''Lyzbycz''. It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg monarchy. The village with Nýdek was bought from Joseph Freyherrn von Beess by Teschener Kammer in 1792 for 46,000 florins. After the 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 (at least from 1880). After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolní Líštná
( Polish: , ) is a municipal part of the city of Třinec in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became a part of Třinec in 1946. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. It lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Etymology The name is of topographic origins and is derived from hazel trees (Polish: ''laska'', ''leszczyna''). Until the mid-16th century adjective ''Polish'' (''Polska'' in Czech and Polish, or ''Polnisch'' in German) was used to differentiate the village from the sister settlement Leszna Górna (then ''German'') but was later replaced with adjective ''Dolna''/''Dolní'' (lit. ''Lower''), e.g. ''puol Polske Lessczne'' in 1457 and ''Lessczna Duolny'' in 1523. Later also a simplification ''Leszczna''→''Leszna'' occurred. History The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called ''Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frýdek-Místek District
Frýdek-Místek District () is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Frýdek-Místek. Administrative division Frýdek-Místek District is divided into four administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Frýdek-Místek, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Jablunkov and Třinec. List of municipalities Cities and towns are marked in bold: Baška – Bílá – Bocanovice – Brušperk – Bruzovice – Bukovec – Bystřice – Čeladná – Dobrá – Dobratice – Dolní Domaslavice – Dolní Lomná – Dolní Tošanovice – Fryčovice – Frýdek-Místek – Frýdlant nad Ostravicí – Hnojník – Horní Domaslavice – Horní Lomná – Horní Tošanovice – Hrádek – Hrčava – Hukvaldy – Jablunkov – Janovice – Kaňovice – Komorní Lhotka – Košařiska – Kozlovice – Krásná – Krmelín – Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem – Lhotka – Lučina – Malenovice � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staré Město (Třinec)
Staré Město (, lit. "Old Town") is a municipal part of the city of Třinec in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It is the historical centre of the town. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and has about 4,800 inhabitants. Staré Město is a place where the main urban settlement grew alongside Třinec Iron and Steel Works from the 19th century up to World War II. In 1946 merged with the town was the village of Lyžbice where in the 1950s the ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia began a large scale development in the style of socialist realism. Afterwards Lyžbice became a new downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ..., overtaking the role from Staré Město. Demographics References Třinec Neighbou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guty (Třinec)
(Polish language, Polish: ) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but it became a part of the town of Třinec in 1980. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It has a population of 762 (1 January 2008). A large part of the population of Guty is Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish. The name is of uncertain origins. It could have been derived from personal name ''Gut'' (from German '':en:wiktionary:gut#German, gut''?) as in 1307 a person named ''Domino Johanne dicto Guth'' was mentioned in one of the Silesian documents. History The settlement was first mentioned in a Latin document of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław, Diocese of Wrocław called ''Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' from around 1305 as ''item in Gutha''. It meant that the village was in the process of location (the size of land to pay a tithe from was not yet precised). The creation of the villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra (Třinec)
Tyra (Polish language, Polish: ) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Třinec in 1980. Tyrka flows through the village. It has a population of 445 (1 January 2008) and lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The name of the village is of topographic origins derived from an older name of the local river Tyrka (also known as Tyra). History The village was first mentioned in 1577 in urbarium which states that it had only one citizen, so the village was in the very early process of formation. Originally it was part of the village Oldřichovice (Třinec), Oldřichovice (in 1657 described as ''der Oldrzychowitzer dielniczen andern seyten biß zu dem Waßer Tyra gelegen'') but grew to become an independent village. It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a Fee (feudal tenure), fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg monarchy. After Revolutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konská (Třinec)
( Polish: , ) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the Olza River. It was a separate municipality but later became administratively a part of the town of Třinec. It has a population of 1,598 (1 January 2008). The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The name of the village is of cultural origins describing ''a village specialised in herding horses'' (Polish: koń). History The settlement was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called '' Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' from around 1305 as ''item in Conka''. It meant that the village was in the process of location (the size of land to pay a tithe from was not yet precised). The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia. Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Cieszyn, forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldřichovice (Třinec)
(Polish: , ) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Třinec in 1980. It has a population of 3,182 (1 January 2008). and lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Tyrka flows through the village. The name of the village is of patronymic origins derived from personal name ''Oldrzych'', from German name ''Ulrich''. History The settlement was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called ''Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' from around 1305 as ''item in Ulrici villa''. It meant that the village was in the process of location (the size of land to pay a tithe from was not yet precised). The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia. Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebory
(Polish: ) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Třinec in 1980. It has a population of 1,531 (1 January 2008) and lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The name was originally patronymic in origin derived from personal name ''Niebor'' or ''Niebora'' and ending typically in Slavic fashion in such names (-(ow)ice, often Germanised as -(ow)itz). Later it was transformed into possessive name (e.g. ''w Neborowie'', 1464). History The village was first mentioned in 1425 as ''Neborowicz '. Politically it belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, 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 political and legal district of Cieszyn. Accord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karpentná
(Polish: ) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Třinec in 1980. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and has a population of 705 (1 January 2008). The name is of topographic origins derived from Old Polish verb ''karpić się'' or noun ''karpaty'' denoting ''a ground that is lumpy, scabrous'', in southern Poland adjective ''karpętny'' describes ''uneven, bumpy road''. Popular folk song in the regional dialect ''Na Karpyntnej zdechnył kóń (A Horse Died in Karpętna)'' refers to the village. History The village was first mentioned in 1552. It belonged then 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 dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
