Šumbark

Coordinates: 49°47′57″N 18°24′14″E / 49.79917°N 18.40389°E / 49.79917; 18.40389
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Château in Šumbark

Šumbarkⓘ (Polish: Szumbarkⓘ, German: Schumbarg) was a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but in 1960 became administratively a part of the city of Havířov built in 1955. It has a population of 17,082 (2020).[1] It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

It was formerly a village but during the communist era a massive construction of so-called paneláks occurred during the construction of a new city of Havířov, and Šumbark was transformed to an urban neighbourhood. Still some old houses remain although the majority of the population of Šumbark live in paneláks.

Etymology

The name is of German origin (Schönberg, German: beautiful hill) and was later polonized (not czechized as in Czech berg tends to change into perk, compare: Šumperk, Vimperk, etc.).[2]

History

The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1430 as Schomberg.

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

The village became a seat of a Catholic

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 25 March 1654.[4]

After

Roman Catholics (47.9%), Jews (22 or 1.6%) and 2 persons adhering to another faiths.[5] The village was also traditionally inhabited by Silesian Lachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect
.

After

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
.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Statistics of Havířov
  2. ^
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  3. ISBN 978-83-926929-3-5
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  4. ISBN 83-85572-00-7
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  5. ^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 263, 281.
  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). nr 18/1938, poz. 35. Katowice. 31 October 1938. Retrieved 1 July 2014. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

References

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