Kunčičky

Coordinates: 49°48′31″N 18°18′13″E / 49.80861°N 18.30361°E / 49.80861; 18.30361
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Kunčičky (Polish: Kończyce Małe, German: Klein Kuntschitz, till 1924 known as Malé Kunčice)[1] is a part of the city of Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. Administratively it is a part of the district of Slezská Ostrava. Kunčičky was formerly an independent municipality, in 1941 it became a part of Ostrava.

History

It lies in the historical region of Těšín Silesia and was first mentioned in 1380 as Nowe Kunczicze(?).[2][3] Later it was mentioned also wenig Kunczendorf (1388), Male Kuncicze (1476), Klein Kuntschitz (1652), Male Kunczicze (1674) and so on.[3]

Politically the village belonged initially to the

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

It witnessed heavy industrialization in the second half of the 19th century, several

coal mines
were dug here, most important was Alexander Coal Mine.

According to the

Protestants with 215 (4.7%).[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Hosák et al. 1970, 473.
  2. ISBN 978-83-926929-3-5
    .
  3. ^
    ISSN 0208-6336
    .
  4. ^ Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.

References

  • Hosák, Ladislav; Rudolf Šrámek (1970). Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku I, A-L. Praha: Academia.
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