Pietwałd

Petřvald

Town

Saint Henry Church

Flag

Coat of arms

Location in the Czech Republic

Coordinates: 49°49′38″N 18°23′9″E / 49.82722°N 18.38583°E

First mentioned

1305

Government

• Mayor

Ing. Jiří Lukša (KSČM)

Area

• Total

12.63 km² (4.88 sq mi)

Elevation

265 m (869 ft)

Population (2012)

• Total

7,065

• Density

560/km² (1,400/sq mi)

Postal code

735 41

Website

http://www.petrvald-mesto.cz/

Petřvald (Polish: Pietwałd , Cieszyn Silesian: Pietwołd, German: Peterswald) is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It has a population of 6,967 (December 2006).

The settlement was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Petirwalde. It meant that the village was in the process of location (the size of land to pay tithe from was not yet precised). The walde (German for a wood) ending of its name indicates that the primordial settlers were of German origins. The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia.

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 Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy.

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