Stanisław Zahradnik (26 April 1932 – 5 November 2023) was a Polish Czech historian. He specialised in the history of

Cieszyn Silesia Cieszyn Silesia, Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia ( ; or ; or ) is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered on the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided betwe ...

and the region of

Trans-Olza Trans-Olza (, ; , ''Záolší''; ), also known as Trans-Olza Silesia (), is a territory in the Czech Republic which was disputed between Poland and Czechoslovakia during the Interwar Period. Its name comes from the Olza River. The history of ...

Biography

Zahradnik was born on 26 April 1932 in Kojkovice. He graduated from the Juliusz Słowacki Polish Gymnasium in

Český Těšín Český Těšín (; ; ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. Český Těšín lies on the west bank of the Olza (river), Olza river, in the heart of the historical ...

in 1951. Two years later he graduated from the Faculty of History at the

Charles University Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ...

in Prague. In 1968 he earned his doctorate at the same university. Afterwards he moved back to his native

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 ...

where he was employed as the head of the archive of the

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). ...

until 1992, when he retired. Zahradnik died on 5 November 2023, at the age of 91.

Books

* ''Třinecké železárny: období báňské a hutní společnosti: 1906–1938'' (1969) * ''Zaolziańskie ofiary okupacji hitlerowskiej'' (1988) * ''Czasopiśmiennictwo w języku polskim na terenach Czechosłowacji w latach 1848–1938'' (1989) * ''Struktura narodowościowa Zaolzia na podstawie spisów ludności: 1880–1991'' (1991) * ''Korzenie Zaolzia'' (1992, with Marek Ryczkowski) * ''Polacy na Zaolziu w historii, statystyce i dokumentach'' (1995) * ''Trzyniec. Kompendium wiedzy o mieście i hucie'' (2017)

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1932 births 2023 deaths Writers from Třinec Polish people from Trans-Olza 20th-century Czech historians 20th-century Polish historians Charles University alumni {{CzechRepublic-historian-stub