Vendryně

Infobox City
official_name = Vendryně
native_name = Wędrynia
nickname =
motto =
settlement_type = Village

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image_caption = Saint Catherine Church

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image_shield = Wedrynia CoA.svg
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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 = Rudolf Bilko
established_title = First mentioned
established_date = 1305
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established_date3 =
area_magnitude = 1 E8
area_total_km2 = 20.95
area_metro_km2 =
area_metro_sq_mi =
population_as_of = 2006
population_note =
population_total = 4015
population_density_km2 = auto
latd = 49
latm = 39
lats = 20
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 42
longs = 27
longEW = E
elevation_m = 350
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 738 01, 739 94
website = [http://www.vendryne.cz/ http://www.vendryne.cz/]
footnotes =

Audio|Vendryne.ogg|Vendryně (Polish: Audio-nohelp|Wedrynia.ogg|"Wędrynia") is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the both banks of the Olza River. It has a population of 3,842 (2001 census), 35.3% of the population are Poles. [cite web |url= http://www.czso.cz/sldb/sldb2001.nsf/obce/554928?OpenDocument |title= 2001 census data |accessdate= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= Czech Statistical Office ] The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

Village is first mentioned in a written document in 1305. In the 19th century an iron ore was mined in the village for the iron works in Ustroń and later the Třinec Iron and Steel Works in Třinec. Limestone was mined until 1965. From 1980 to 1995 it was administratively a part of the town of Třinec.__NOTOC__

Twin towns

* Goleszów

People

* Ewa Farna, Polish singer, lives here

Footnotes

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 =
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 80-238-6081-X

External links

* [http://www.vendryne.cz/ Official website]