Staré Město (Frýdek-Místek District)

Staré Město (German: Altstadt, Polish: Stare Miasto) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Staré Město lies on the confluence of Ostravice and Morávka rivers. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

Staré Město
Municipality
Church of Saint Joseph
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Staré Město
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°40′12″N 18°21′49″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictFrýdek-Místek
First mentioned1434
Government
 • MayorJiří Roško
Area
 • Total4.68 km2 (1.81 sq mi)
Elevation
301 m (988 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
 • Total1,487
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
738 01
Websitewww.stare-mesto.cz

History

The name Staré Město (lit. Old Town) hints on its antecedence in comparison to the adjacent Frýdek. Indeed, Frýdek is not the oldest settlement in the area (first mentioned in 1386), but was preceded by Jemnicze mentioned in 1327 (and maybe earlier in 1305).[lower-alpha 1] After Frýdek was established, it grew considerably and absorbed Jemnicze. Later in the area a village Staremiesto was first mentioned in 1434.[2]

Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1573 it was sold as one of 16 villages and the town of Frýdek and formed a state country split from the Duchy of Teschen.[3]

After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became a part of Czechoslovakia. In March 1939 it became a part of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. After World War II it was restored to Czechoslovakia. Staré Město was later merged into the town of Frýdek-Místek, but after a petition it separated as an independent municipality on 24 November 1990.[4]

Notes
  1. More about Jemnicze in the article Frýdek, Frýdek-Místek.

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
  2. Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: University of Silesia in Katowice. p. 164. ISSN 0208-6336.
  3. 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. 224. ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9.
  4. "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Staré Město. Retrieved 2020-11-19.


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