Třinec

Infobox City
official_name = Třinec
Trzyniec
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settlement_type = Town
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image_caption = Aerial view of Třinec Iron and Steel Works


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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
parts_type = Town parts
parts = 13
p1 = Dolní Lištná
p2 = Guty
p3 = Horní Lištná
p4 = Kanada
p5 = Karpentná
p6 = Kojkovice
p7 = Konská
p8 = Lyžbice
p9 = Nebory
p10 = Oldřichovice
p11 = Osůvky
p12 = Staré Město
p13 = Tyra
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Věra Palkovská
established_title = First mentioned
established_date = 1444
established_title2 = Town rights
established_date2 = 1931
area_magnitude = 1 E8
area_total_km2 = 85.38
population_as_of = 1 January 2008
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population_total = 38073
population_density_km2 = auto
latd = 49
latm = 40
lats = 40
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 40
longs = 22
longEW = E
elevation_m = 306
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website = [http://www.trinecko.cz/ http://www.trinecko.cz/]
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Třinec ( Audio-IPA|Trinec.ogg| [ˈtr̝̊ɪnɛts] , Polish: Audio-nohelp|Trzyniec.ogg|"Trzyniec", _de. Trzynietz) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the Olza River, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The town has 38,953 inhabitants (2001 census), 17.7% of the population are the Poles. [cite web |url= http://www.czso.cz/sldb/sldb2001.nsf/obce/598810?OpenDocument |title= 2001 census data |accessdate= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= Czech Statistical Office ]

Village of Třinec was created in the 14th century. Village is first mentioned in a written document in 1444. At that time, the village was mostly covered by woods. Majority of population worked in agriculture, despite that ground there wasn't much fertile. The area was however rich in limestone, iron ore and clay. Area also offered enough work force, so it was decided to build here iron works. In 1836 the construction of first metallurgical furnace had began. Iron mill began operating in 1839, becoming the largest one in whole Cieszyn Silesia. There wasn't even a single school in the village at that time. First school (Polish-German) was created by the initiative of iron works in 1851. Expansion of the town wasn't so rapid in first decades but after construction of a railway in 1871 it became more rapid. After the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920 it became a part of Czechoslovakia. Třinec gained town rights in 1931. In October 1938, together with the whole region known as Zaolzie, it was annexed by Poland, and during World War II was a part of Nazi Germany. After the war it again became part of Czechoslovakia and eventually surrounding villages were incorporated into Třinec.

Třinec Iron and Steel Works, largest one in the Czech Republic, still have a major impact on the town, on its character, demographics and air pollution.

Třinec is an important cultural center of the Polish minority in Zaolzie.

People

* Jana Cieslarová, orienteer
* Ewa Farna, Polish singer
* Tadeusz Kraus, Polish football player
* Lukáš Rakowski, figure skater
* Václav Svěrkoš, Czech football player

Twin towns

* Bielsko-Biała

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
date = 2000
location = Český Těšín
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doi =
isbn = 80-238-6081-X

* cite book
last = Wawreczka
first = Henryk
coauthors =
title = Třinec a okolí: včera a dnes
publisher = Wart
date = 2004
location = Třinec - Nebory
pages =
doi =
isbn = 80-239-3819-3

External links

* [http://www.trinecko.cz/ Official website] cs icon