Návsí

Návsí Nawsie
Municipality
Municipal office
Flag Coat of arms
Návsí Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°35′14″N18°45′33″E / 49.58722°N 18.75917°E / 49.58722; 18.75917
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1435
Area
• Total	19.64 km2 (7.58 sq mi)
Elevation	386 m (1,266 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01) [1]
• Total	3,852
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 92
Website	www.navsi.cz

Návsí (Polish : Nawsie ^ⓘ , German : Nawsi) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,900 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.

Etymology

The name is derived from náves or nawsie, which denotes an empty part of a village customarily used as a common pasture. ^[2] It served as a common of neighbouring Jablunkov. ^[3]

Geography

Návsí is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Frýdek-Místek and 41 km (25 mi) southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia; a small part of the municipality borders Poland. It lies on both banks of the Olza River.

The municipality is located mainly in the Jablunkov Furrow lowland, but it also extends to the Silesian Beskids in the east, and to the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area in the west. The highest points are the mountains Velký Stožek at 978 m (3,209 ft) and Krkavice at 976 m (3,202 ft) above sea level, both on the Czech-Polish border. In the northern part of the municipality is situated the mountain meadow of Filipka and the Rohovec forest, both protected as nature monuments.

History

Lutheran church

It is possible that the village was already mentioned in a document of Bishop of Wrocław issued on 23 May 1223 for Norbertine Sisters in Rybnik among villages paying them a tithe as Novoza, however without certainty. ^[4]

The first verified written mention of Návsí is from 1435, when Wenceslaus I, Duke of Cieszyn gave a privilege to Paweł Sikora to establish a farming community. Návsí was originally called Jablunkov, but after the village was destroyed by a Hungarian raid, a new settlement emerged nearby (today's Jablunkov) and Návsí became known as Old Jablunkov. Návsí was first mentioned under its modern name in 1577 as Nawsy. ^{[2] [3]}

In addition to not very profitable agriculture, the inhabitants devoted themselves to mountain farming, which developed in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the 18th century, the use of forests led to the decline of mountain farming. ^[3]

The Sikora family was very rich in regional conditions and gradually owned a mill and a mile here and gained abandoned lands. In 1791 they had built a wooden Protestant church, the bricked one was built in 1817–1820. In 1793, a rectory was built, and the Evangelical school was established in 1794. The Sikora family managed the village until the early 20th century. ^[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. The municipality developed quickly the Košice–Bohumín Railway line was put into operation in 1871. Thanks to the railway, the importance of Návsí increased. A new village centre was formed near the railway station. ^[3]

According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality grew from 1,412 in 1880 to 2,249 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (between 94.7% and 97.7%) accompanied by German-speaking (at most 74 or 4% in 1900) and Czech-speaking people (at most 17 or 0.9% in 1900). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Protestants (1,449 or 64.4%), followed by Roman Catholics (783 or 34.8%) and Jews (17 or 0.8%). ^{[5] [6]}

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. ^[7] Návsí was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

From 1960 to 1993, Návsí was an administrative part of Jablunkov. ^[8]

Demographics

Polish minority makes up 17.4% of the population. ^[9]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 1,057 —     1880 1,412 +33.6% 1890 1,629 +15.4% 1900 1,917 +17.7% 1910 2,249 +17.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,503 +11.3% 1930 3,102 +23.9% 1950 3,306 +6.6% 1961 3,588 +8.5% 1970 3,609 +0.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 3,588 −0.6% 1991 3,623 +1.0% 2001 3,765 +3.9% 2011 3,743 −0.6% 2021 3,733 −0.3%
Source: Censuses [10] [11]

Transport

Train station

Návsí is located on the railway lines Prague–Žilina and Ostrava–Mosty u Jablunkova. ^[12]

Sights

The most valuable building is the Lutheran church. It was built in 1817–1820 and the tower was added in 1849. ^[13]

Notable people

• Władysław Michejda (1876–1937), Polish lawyer and mayor of Cieszyn
• Tadeusz Michejda (1879–1956), Polish physician and politician
• Władysław Młynek (1930–1997), Polish-Czech poet and writer; lived and died here
• Halina Mlynkova (born 1977), Polish-Czech singer
• Krystyna Pyszková (born 1999), Czech model and Miss World 2023
• Adam Gawlas (born 2002), Czech darts player

Gallery

• 
  Czech primary school
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  Polish primary school
• 
  Former Evangelical school

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. 123–124. ISSN   0208-6336.
3. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Návsí. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
4. Panic, Idzi (2000). "Z badań nad osadami zanikłymi na Górnym Śląsku w średniowieczu". Pamiętnik Cieszyński (15). Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne Oddział w Cieszynie: 29–34. ISSN   0137-558X . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
5. Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 267, 285.
6. Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien , Troppau 1912.
7. "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.
8. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011: Abecední přehled obcí a částí obcí" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. p. 356.
9. "Population Census 2021: Population by selected ethnicity". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
10. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
11. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
12. "Detail stanice Návsí (Nawsie)" (in Czech). České dráhy . Retrieved 2024-04-30.
13. "Evangelický kostel" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-04-17.

External links

• Official website
• Polish Cultural and Educational Union Nawsie (in Polish)