Vělopolí

Vělopolí

*Wielopole*
Vělopolí Wielopole
Municipality
	Municipal office
	Flag Coat of arms
	Vělopolí Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°42′1″N 18°34′15″E / 49.70028°N 18.57083°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1448
Area
• Total	2.99 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Elevation	370 m (1,210 ft)
Population (2023-01-01)
• Total	296
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 59
Website	www.velopoli.cz

Vělopolí (Polish: Wielopole^ⓘ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.

Etymology[edit]

The name is of topographic origins, meaning "large field" in Slavic languages (wiele pole in Polish, velké pole in Czech). It was first written as Wele Pole.^[2]

Geography[edit]

Vělopolí is located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Frýdek-Místek and 22 km (14 mi) southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

History[edit]

The first written mention of Vělopolí is from 1448. Politically it belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen.^[3]^[4]

After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. The village as a municipality 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 327 in 1880 to 306 in 1910 with all the inhabitants being native Polish-speakers. In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Protestants (88.2%), followed by Roman Catholics (11.8%).^[5]

After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, Vělopolí became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Trans-Olza region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship.^[6] It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

Demographics[edit]

Polish minority makes up 20.1% of the population.^[7]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	373	—
1880	327	−12.3%
1890	306	−6.4%
1900	295	−3.6%
1910	306	+3.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	335	+9.5%
1930	336	+0.3%
1950	282	−16.1%
1961	264	−6.4%
1970	248	−6.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	247	−0.4%
1991	199	−19.4%
2001	206	+3.5%
2011	281	+36.4%
2021	294	+4.6%

Source: Censuses^[8]^[9]

Sights[edit]

Vělopolí is poor in monuments. The only cultural monuments are a homestead from 1887 and a set of statues from the first half of the 19th century, which were originally in the park of the Hnojník Castle.^[10]

References[edit]

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 23 May 2023.
^ Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach. p. 182. ISSN 0208-6336.
^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Vělopolí. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ Panic, Idzi (2015). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (PDF) (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 313. ISBN 978-83-935147-8-6.
^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 266, 284.
^ "Ustawa z dnia 27 października 1938 r. o podziale administracyjnym i tymczasowej organizacji administracji na obszarze Ziem Odzyskanych Śląska Cieszyńskiego". Dziennik Ustaw Śląskich (in Polish). 18/1938, poz. 35. Katowice. 31 October 1938. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by selected ethnicity". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Frýdek-Místek" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 21 December 2015. pp. 7–8.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.
^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Vělopolí". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 23 May 2023.

[2] Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach. p. 182. ISSN 0208-6336.

[3] "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Vělopolí. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[4] Panic, Idzi (2015). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (PDF) (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 313. ISBN 978-83-935147-8-6.

[5] Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 266, 284.

[6] "Ustawa z dnia 27 października 1938 r. o podziale administracyjnym i tymczasowej organizacji administracji na obszarze Ziem Odzyskanych Śląska Cieszyńskiego". Dziennik Ustaw Śląskich (in Polish). 18/1938, poz. 35. Katowice. 31 October 1938. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

[7] "Population Census 2021: Population by selected ethnicity". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.

[8] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Frýdek-Místek" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 21 December 2015. pp. 7–8.

[9] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.

[10] "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Vělopolí". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

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