Písek (Frýdek-Místek District)

Infobox City
official_name = Písek
native_name = Piosek
nickname =
motto =
settlement_type = Village

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image_caption = Elementary school and kindergarten


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pushpin_label_position = none
pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Czech Republic
subdivision_type1 = Region
subdivision_name1 = Moravian-Silesian
subdivision_type2 = District
subdivision_name2 = Frýdek-Místek
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Oldřich Rathouský
established_title = First mentioned
established_date = 1466
area_magnitude = 1 E8
area_total_km2 = 15.45
population_as_of = 2006
population_note =
population_total = 1779
population_density_km2 = auto
latd = 49
latm = 33
lats = 50
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 48
longs = 14
longEW = E
elevation_m = 420
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 739 84
website = [http://www.pisek-obec.cz/ http://www.pisek-obec.cz/]
footnotes =

Audio|Pisek.ogg|Písek (Polish: Audio-nohelp|Piosek.ogg|"Piosek") (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. [cite web |url= http://www.czso.cz/sldb/sldb2001.nsf/obce/512028?OpenDocument |title= 2001 census data |accessdate= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= Czech Statistical Office ] 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 currently under construction.

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References

* cite book
last = Cicha
first = Irena
coauthors = Kazimierz Jaworski, Bronisław Ondraszek, Barbara Stalmach and Jan Stalmach
title = Olza od pramene po ujście
publisher = Region Silesia
year = 2000
location = Český Těšín
pages =
doi =
isbn = 80-238-6081-X

External links

* [http://www.pisek-obec.cz/ Official website]