Český Těšín
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Český Těšín Czeski Ćeszyń Czeski Cieszyn Czech Teschen |
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Town hall of Český Těšín
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| Coordinates: 49°44′33″N 18°37′0″E / 49.74250°N 18.61667°ECoordinates: 49°44′33″N 18°37′0″E / 49.74250°N 18.61667°E | |||
| Country | Czech Republic | ||
| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Karviná | ||
| First mentioned | 1155 | ||
| Town rights | 1920 | ||
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| • Mayor | Vít Slováček (KDU-ČSL) | ||
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| • Total | 33.81 km2 (13.05 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 270 m (890 ft) | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 25,000 | ||
| • Density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 737 01 | ||
| Website | www.info.tesin.cz | ||
Český Těšín or Czech Teschen (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskiː ˈcɛʃiːn]; Silesian: Czeski Ćeszyń, Polish: Czeski Cieszyn , German: Tschechisch-Teschen) is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is commonly known in the region as just Těšín (Silesian: Ćeszyń, Polish: Cieszyn). It lies on the west bank of the Olza river, in the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Until the 1920 division of the region between Poland and Czechoslovakia it was just a western suburb of the town of Teschen, which after the division fell to Poland as Cieszyn. The combined population of the Czech and Polish parts of the city is around 60,000 (25,000 in Těšín, 35,000 in Cieszyn).
Until 1918 the area was called Sachsenberg (local dialect: Sasko Kympa) meaning Saxon Hill and was a small western suburb of the town of Teschen (Polish: Cieszyn, Czech: Těšín) in the Duchy of Teschen, within Cieszyn Silesia of Austria-Hungary.
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