Horní Domaslavice

Horní Domaslavice
Village
Church of Saint James the Greater
Flag Coat of arms
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°41′42″N 18°27′48″E / 49.69500°N 18.46333°E / 49.69500; 18.46333Coordinates: 49°41′42″N 18°27′48″E / 49.69500°N 18.46333°E / 49.69500; 18.46333
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1305
Government
• Mayor	Zdeněk Janecký
Area
• Total	5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	681
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Postal code	738 01, 739 51
Website	www.cmail.cz/hornidomaslavice/

Horní Domaslavice (Polish: Domasłowice Górne) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 650 (2008). The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Domaslawitz utroque. It meant that there were already two villages of that name (utroque meaning both in Latin), the other being Dolní Domaslavice.

Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy.

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 Domaslowicz.

After the 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 24 March 1654.