Písek (Frýdek-Místek District)

Písek (Polish: Piosek^ⓘ, German: Piosek) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.

Písek Piosek
Municipality
Primary school and kindergarten
Flag Coat of arms
Písek Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°33′33″N 18°48′8″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1466
Area
• Total	15.46 km2 (5.97 sq mi)
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,894
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 84
Website	www.obecpisek.cz

Etymology

The name of the municipality is of topographic origins and literally means "sand". Historically it has been scribed as Piesek (1523), Pisek (1577, 1621), Pyßek/Pioßek (1643), Piasek (1652) and so on.^[2]

Geography

Písek is located about 34 kilometres (21 mi) southeast of Frýdek-Místek and 45 km (28 mi) southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, a small part of the municipality borders with Poland. The Olza River flows through the municipality.

The municipal territory is located on the border between two mountain ranges. The northern part lies in the Silesian Beskids, the southern part lies in the Jablunkov Intermontane. The highest point is the mountain Kyčera/Kiczory on the Czech-Polish border at 989 m (3,245 ft) above sea level.

History

Municipal office

Písek was established most probably in the 14th century. Historians presume that on the basis of establishment date of nearby Bukowiec (1353). The first written mention of Písek is in a document from 1466 where a local advocatus was mentioned. Politically Písek belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen.^[3][4]

The villagers lived mainly off farming, pastoralism and forestry. In 1692, there was a mill. After the establishment of Třinec Iron and Steel Works in 1839 many inhabitants of Písek went to work there and agriculture has become a side activity for most of them.^[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 Teschen and the legal district of Jablunkau. According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality grew from 884 in 1880 to 1,055 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (dropping from 100% in 1880 to 97.5% in 1910) accompanied by German-speaking (at most 2.5% in 1910) and Czech-speaking people (at most 1.1% in 1910). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics (59.5%), followed by Protestants (40.5%).^[5]

After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it 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.

From 1980 to 1990, Písek was an administrative part of Jablunkov.^[7]

Demographics

Polish minority makes up 15.4% of the population.^[8]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 855 —     1880 884 +3.4% 1890 989 +11.9% 1900 1,003 +1.4% 1910 1,055 +5.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,083 +2.7% 1930 1,204 +11.2% 1950 1,309 +8.7% 1961 1,452 +10.9% 1970 1,496 +3.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 1,608 +7.5% 1991 1,668 +3.7% 2001 1,783 +6.9% 2011 1,757 −1.5% 2021 1,796 +2.2%
Source: Censuses[9][10]

Transport

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

Sights

Písek is poor in historical buildings. The Roman Catholic Church of Divine Mercy was built in 1995.^[11] The second church in the municipality is a SCEAV Lutheran church, built in 2010–2011.^[12]

Gallery

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  Lutheran church
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  Fire station
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  Old wooden house

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. pp. 127–128. ISSN 0208-6336.
3. "Historie a současnost" (in Czech). Obec Písek. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
4. Panic, Idzi (2015). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (PDF) (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 313. ISBN 978-83-935147-8-6.
5. Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 267, 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. 31 October 1938. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
7. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011: Abecední přehled obcí a částí obcí" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. p. 425.
8. "Population Census 2021: Population by selected ethnicity". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
9. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
10. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
11. "Filiální kostel v Písku" (in Czech). Farnost Jablunkov. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
12. "Evangelický kostel v Písku" (in Czech). Česká cena za architekturu. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

External links

• Official website