Písek (Frýdek-Místek District)

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Písek
Piosek
Village
Elementary school and kindergarten

Coat of arms
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°33′50″N 18°48′14″E / 49.56389°N 18.80389°E / 49.56389; 18.80389
Country Czech Republic
Region Moravian-Silesian
District Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned 1466
Government
 • Mayor Oldřich Rathouský
Area
 • Total 15.45 km2 (5.97 sq mi)
Elevation 420 m (1,380 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 1,779
 • Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Postal code 739 84
Website http://www.pisek-obec.cz/

 Písek (help·info) (Polish: Piosek (info)) (literally "sand") is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has 1,783 inhabitants (2001 Census), 21% of the population are the Poles.[1] It lies in the Silesian Beskids mountain range, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Olza River flows through the village.

Piosek was established most probably in the 14th century. Historians presume that on the basis of establishment date of nearby Bukowiec (1353). Oldest document mentioning the village is from 1466. In the 14th and 15th centuries villagers lived mainly off simple farming, pastures and forest work. As a result of Thirty Years' War number of farms, farmers, millers etc. dropped. After the establishment of Třinec Iron and Steel Works in 1839 many inhabitants of the village went there to work as a workers.

After the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the village became part of Czechoslovakia as Písek. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938, Písek and the whole Zaolzie region was annexed by Poland. The village was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

A road linking the Polish village of Istebna with Jablunkov runs through the village. The majority of population are religious, most of which are Roman Catholics. There is a Catholic church in the village and a SCEAV Lutheran church consecrated in 2010.

  • Municipal office building

  • Fire station

  • Old wooden house (drzewiónka)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "2001 census data". Czech Statistical Office. 

References

  • 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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Coordinates: 49°33′50″N 18°48′14″E / 49.56389°N 18.80389°E / 49.56389; 18.80389

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