Vendryně

Vendryně Wędrynia
Village
Saint Catherine Church
Flag Coat of arms
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°39′20″N 18°42′27″E / 49.65556°N 18.70750°E / 49.65556; 18.70750Coordinates: 49°39′20″N 18°42′27″E / 49.65556°N 18.70750°E / 49.65556; 18.70750
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1305
Government
• Mayor	Bohuslav Raszka (2014)
Area
• Total	20.95 km2 (8.09 sq mi)
Elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
Population (2006)
• Total	4,015
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Postal code	738 01, 739 94
Website	www.vendryne.cz

 Vendryně  (Polish: Wędrynia ) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the banks of the Olza River. It has a population of 3,842 (2001 census), 35.3% of the population are Poles. The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The name of the village is of topographic origins derived from the toponimic base *vądr- tentatively connected with water.

The settlement was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Wandrina. It meant that the village was in the process of location (the size of land to pay a tithe from was not yet precised). 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 the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy.