Hrčava
Hrčava | |
|---|---|
 Saints Cyril and Methodius Church | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Frýdek-Místek |
| Established | 1924 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Staňo |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 594 m (1,949 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 255 |
| • Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 739 98 |
| Website | Official website |
ⓘ (Polish: ⓘ, Template:Lang-de) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has 255 inhabitants (2006). It is the second easternmost village of the country (after Bukovec), lying near the borders with Poland and Slovakia. In 2001 census six people (2% of the inhabitants) declared Polish nationality and 96.7% declared Roman Catholic faith.[1]
It is situated on the foothills of the Silesian Beskids mountain range, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
The settlement was first mentioned in 1778 as Hertiawa.[2] It was initially a hamlet of Jaworzynka, which belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg Monarchy.
After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, Jaworzynka became a part of Poland. Following protest of the citizens of the hamlet it was in 1924 seperated from Jaworzynka and transferred to Czechoslovakia.
Footnotes
- ^ "2001 census data". Czech Statistical Office.
- ^ Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego (in Polish). Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach. p. 77. ISSN 0208-6336.
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