(Polish: , German: Wirbitz) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Bohumín in 1974. It has a population of 469 (August 2009).[1]
The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1229. The name of the village comes from the willow tree (Czech: vrba, Polish: wierzba), which grown here in the past in plenty.
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