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Soběšovice

Coordinates: 49°43′30″N 18°27′58″E / 49.72500°N 18.46611°E / 49.72500; 18.46611
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Soběšovice
Entrance to the village
Entrance to the village
Flag of Soběšovice
Coat of arms of Soběšovice
Soběšovice is located in Czech Republic
Soběšovice
Soběšovice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°43′30″N 18°27′58″E / 49.72500°N 18.46611°E / 49.72500; 18.46611
Country Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictFrýdek-Místek
First mentioned1227
Area
 • Total
3.66 km2 (1.41 sq mi)
Elevation
330 m (1,080 ft)
Population
 (2024-01-01)[1]
 • Total
956
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
739 38
Websitewww.sobesovice.cz

Soběšovice (Polish: Sobieszowice or Szobiszowice, German: Schöbischowitz) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Etymology

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The name is patronymic in origin derived from personal name Soběk, which is considered the first colonizer and organizer of the village.[2]

Geography

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Soběšovice is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of Frýdek-Místek and 14 km (9 mi) southeast of Ostrava, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills on the shore of Žermanice Reservoir, which lies outside the municipal territory.

History

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Gravestone of Bernard Primus

The first written mention of Soběšovice si from 1227, when there was a manor house called Dolní Soběšovice, owned by Soběk. Then the village was mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305. Politically the village belonged to the Duchy of Teschen. Originally it was located on both banks of the Lučina River.[2]

The village became a seat of a Catholic parish, mentioned in the register of Peter's Pence payment from 1447 among 50 parishes of Teschen deanery as Sobieschowicz.[3] After 1540s Protestant Reformation prevailed in the Duchy of Teschen and a local Catholic church was taken over by Lutherans. It was taken from them (as one from around fifty buildings in the region) by a special commission and given back to the Roman Catholic Church on 25 March 1654.[4] The parish was not reestablished afterwards and Soběšovice were affiliated to the parish of Dolní Domaslavice.[2]

At the end of the 16th century, two separate villages Dolní Soběšovice and Horní Soběšovice ("Upper" and "Lower" Soběšovice) with different owners are distinguished. In 1788, an old wooden church from 1681 was replaced by a new brick one.[2] In 1828, Bernard Primus bought both Soběšovice and merged them.[5]

After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. Soběšovice was subscribed to the political and legal district of Cieszyn. According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality dropped from 949 in 1880 to 863 in 1910 with a majority being native Czech-speakers (growing from 97.7% in 1880 to 98.1% in 1900 then dropping to 89.5%) accompanied by a Polish-speaking minority (up to 1900 between 1.6% and 2.2% then 91 or 10.5% in 1910) and only in 1880 accompanied by German-speaking people (7 or 0.7%). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics (94.6%), followed by Protestants (5.4%).[6]

After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. It was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

The construction of Žermanice Reservoir on the Lučina River in years 1951–1958 led to a partial flooding of Soběšovice, including the historical centre of the village with dozens of houses, a church, and a school. It also led to detachment of the eastern territory of the municipality on the left bank of the Lučina to form a new municipality of Lučina in 1956.[2]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,106—    
1880949−14.2%
1890936−1.4%
1900918−1.9%
1910863−6.0%
YearPop.±%
1921865+0.2%
1930959+10.9%
1950890−7.2%
1961593−33.4%
1970619+4.4%
YearPop.±%
1980696+12.4%
1991709+1.9%
2001817+15.2%
2011808−1.1%
2021954+18.1%
Source: Censuses[7][8]

Transport

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

Sights

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Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

The main landmark of Soběšovice is the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. It is a modern church built in 1961.[2]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Soběšovice. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  3. ^ "Registrum denarii sancti Petri in archidiaconatu Opoliensi sub anno domini MCCCCXLVII per dominum Nicolaum Wolff decretorum doctorem, archidiaconum Opoliensem, ex commissione reverendi in Christo patris ac domini Conradi episcopi Wratislaviensis, sedis apostolice collectoris, collecti". Zeitschrift des Vereins für Geschichte und Alterthum Schlesiens (in German). 27. Breslau: H. Markgraf: 361–372. 1893. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ^ Broda, Jan (1992). "Materiały do dziejów Kościoła ewangelickiego w Księstwie Cieszyńskim i Państwie Pszczyńskim w XVI i XVII wieku". Z historii Kościoła ewangelickiego na Śląsku Cieszyńskim (in Polish). Katowice: Dom Wydawniczy i Księgarski „Didache“. pp. 259–260. ISBN 83-85572-00-7.
  5. ^ "Soběšovice" (in Czech). Na Lučině. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  6. ^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 263, 281.
  7. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  8. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
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