Košařiska

For the village in Slovakia, see Košariská.

Košařiska Koszarzyska
Municipality
Milíř, a locality in the village
Flag Coat of arms
Košařiska Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°35′24″N 18°41′41″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1657
Area
• Total	17.18 km^2 (6.63 sq mi)
Elevation	458 m (1,503 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	354
• Density	21/km^2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 81
Website	www.kosariska.cz

Košařiska (Polish: Koszarzyska^ⓘ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.

Etymology

The name of the village is derived from the word koszarzysko / košor denoting a place where a koszar (movable fence to pen sheep used by Goral shepherds) was placed.^[2][3]

Geography

Košařiska is located about 26 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Frýdek-Místek and 37 km (23 mi) southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range. The highest point is the Ostrý mountain at 1,044 m (3,425 ft) above sea level, located on the northern municipal border. A notable mountain is also Kozubová at 981 metres (3,219 ft) on the southern border. The Kopytná brook flows through the municipality.

History

The settlement of the area began around 1615. The first written mention of Košařiska is from 1657 as Kossarzyska. It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg monarchy.^[4][3]

After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. The village as a municipality was subscribed to the political district of Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov. According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality dropped from 480 in 1880 to 471 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (between 96.8% and 100%) accompanied by German-speaking people (at most 15 or 3.2% in 1880). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Protestants (87.7%), followed by Roman Catholics (12.9%).^[5]

After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the municipality became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Trans-Olza region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship.^[6] It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

Demographics

Polish minority makes up 26.8% of the population.^[7]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 489 —     1880 480 −1.8% 1890 487 +1.5% 1900 470 −3.5% 1910 471 +0.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 442 −6.2% 1930 489 +10.6% 1950 389 −20.4% 1961 424 +9.0% 1970 412 −2.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 392 −4.9% 1991 372 −5.1% 2001 365 −1.9% 2011 354 −3.0% 2021 343 −3.1%
Source: Censuses[8][9]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

There are no cultural monuments in the municipality.^[10]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Košařiska is twinned with:^[11]

• Dunajov, Slovakia
• Rajcza, Poland

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: University of Silesia in Katowice. p. 97. ISSN 0208-6336.
3. "Strategický plán rozvoje obce Košařiska na období let 2017–2021" (PDF) (in Czech). Obec Košařiska. 2016. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
4. Panic, Idzi (2011). Śląsk Cieszyński w początkach czasów nowożytnych (1528-1653) [Cieszyn Silesia in the beginnings of Modern Era (1528-1653)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 172. ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9.
5. Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 266, 285.
6. "Ustawa z dnia 27 października 1938 r. o podziale administracyjnym i tymczasowej organizacji administracji na obszarze Ziem Odzyskanych Śląska Cieszyńskiego". Dziennik Ustaw Śląskich (in Polish). 18/1938, poz. 35. Katowice. 1938-10-31. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
7. "Population Census 2021: Population by selected ethnicity". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
8. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
9. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
10. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Košařiska". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
11. "Partnerské obce" (in Czech). Obec Košařiska. Retrieved 2023-08-04.

External links

• Official website