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).[1].

Popular folk song in the regional dialect Na Karpyntnej zdechnył kóń (A Horse Died in Karpętna) refers to the village.^[2]

People

• Stanisław Hadyna, founder of Śląsk Song and Dance Ensemble
• Karol Daniel Kadłubiec, Polish ethnographer, folklorist and historian

See also

• Polish minority in the Czech Republic
• Zaolzie

Footnotes

References

• Wierzgoń, Józef (2007). Śpiewamy wszyscy. Český Těšín - Cieszyn: Wydawnictwo Beskidy, Bronisław Ondraszek. ISBN 978-80-254-1043-1. 

• Zahradnik, Stanisław (1991). Struktura narodowościowa Zaolzia na podstawie spisów ludności 1880-1991. Trzyniec: HT. OCLC 189422554.