Hrádek (Frýdek-Místek District)
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Frýdek-Místek | ||
| First mentioned | 1577 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Pavel Tomčala | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 9.79 km² (3.8 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 353 m (1,158.1 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - City | 1,775 | ||
| Postal code | 739 97 | ||
| Website: http://www.obechradek.cz/ | |||
Hrádek (Polish: Gródek ) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, on the Olza River. It has 1,756 inhabitants (2001 Census). 42.8% of the population are Poles.[1]
Beginnings of the village can be traced back to the 12th century, when a small fort on a trade route running through the Jablunkov Pass was built. Eventually first settlers began to settle around the fort. Small fort along with the neighboring settlement was completely destroyed by the Magyars in 1447. Gródek was first mentioned in written document in 1577. Village began to develop more intensively at the end of the 18th century. About 900 people working mainly in agriculture lived then in the village. After 1880 godulian sandstone were exploited, its exploitation lasted to the outbreak of World War I.
There is a legend connected with the ancient fort. Notable local landmark Skała Bełki (Bełko Rock) is supposed to be a place of death of legendary knight Bełko, who plundered merchants and murdered people. According to one version, he committed suicide when the conscience moved him; according to the second version, he fell down with his horse to the Olza River chasing the mirage, victims of his cruelty.
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- Cicha, Irena; Kazimierz Jaworski, Bronisław Ondraszek, Barbara Stalmach and Jan Stalmach (2000). Olza od pramene po ujście. Český Těšín: Region Silesia. ISBN 80-238-6081-X.
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- (Czech) Official website
 Olza River in the village |
 Bełko Rock (Skała Bełki) |
 Old wooden house |
| Towns and villages in Zaolzie with significant Polish population* | ||
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Albrechtice (Olbrachcice) | Bocanovice (Boconowice) | Bukovec (Bukowiec) | Bystřice (Bystrzyca) | Český Těšín (Czeski Cieszyn) | Chotěbuz (Kocobędz) | Dolní Lomná (Łomna Dolna) | Hnojník (Gnojnik) | Horní Lomná (Łomna Górna) | Horní Suchá (Sucha Górna) | Hrádek (Gródek) | Jablunkov (Jabłonków) | Karviná (Karwina)** | Komorní Lhotka (Ligotka Kameralna) | Košařiska (Koszarzyska) | Milíkov (Milików) | Mosty u Jablunkova (Mosty koło Jabłonkowa) | Návsí (Nawsie) | Nýdek (Nydek) | Písečná (Pioseczna) | Písek (Piosek) | Petrovice u Karviné (Piotrowice koło Karwiny) | Řeka (Rzeka) | Ropice (Ropica) | Smilovice (Śmiłowice) | Stonava (Stonawa) | Střítež (Trzycież) | Těrlicko (Cierlicko) | Třanovice (Trzanowice) | Třinec (Trzyniec) | Vělopolí (Wielopole) | Vendryně (Wędrynia) * More than 10% of total population; 2001 census data. **Karviná fell under 10% after the 1991 census. |
