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23-706: Hrádek may refer to places in the Czech Republic: Hrádek (Frýdek-Místek District) , a municipality and village in the Moravian-Silesian Region Hrádek (Hradec Králové District) , a municipality and village in the Hradec Králové Region Hrádek u Nechanic , a castle Hrádek (Klatovy District) , a municipality and village in the Plzeň Region Hrádek (Rokycany District) ,

46-750: A town in the Liberec Region Červený Hrádek , a municipality and village in the South Bohemian Region Nový Hrádek , a market town in the Hradec Králové Region Starosedlský Hrádek , a municipality and village in the Central Bohemian Region [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

69-627: A town in the Plzeň Region Hrádek (Ústí nad Orlicí District) , a municipality and village in the Pardubice Region Hrádek (Znojmo District) , a municipality and village in the South Moravian Region Hrádek, a village and part of Ctiboř (Benešov District) in the Central Bohemian Region Hrádek, a hamlet and part of Horka II in the Central Bohemian Region Hrádek, a village and part of Krajková in

92-823: Is twinned with: Olza (river) The Olza ( Czech : Olše , German : Olsa ) is a river in the Czech Republic and Poland , a right tributary of the Oder River. It flows through the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland and through the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. It is 89.1 km (55.4 mi) long. The river forms a significant part of the Czech-Polish state border. The name

115-514: Is 15.0 m /s (530 cu ft/s). The Olza forms two sections of the Czech-Polish state border with a total length of 25.3 km (15.7 mi). Length figures vary by source. According to the newest official measurements, the Czech part of the river (including the Czech-Polish state border) is 73.1 km (45.4 mi) long. The length of the Polish section of the river to the first crossing of

138-558: Is derived from the Proto-Slavic word oliga , meaning "a river rich in water". The origin of the name was demonstrated in 1900 by Czech linguist and writer Vincenc Prasek and the revelation was confirmed by various etymological studies in the 20th century. There was also a theory that the name is a derivative of the Germanic Aliza , meaning 'flow'. The oldest written mention of the Olza

161-526: Is in a letter written by Duke Mieszko in 1290. The river was then mentioned in a written document in 1611 as the Oldza . At the end of the 19th century, with the rise of mass nationalism, both Polish and Czech activists claimed the name Olza to be not Polish enough, on the one hand, and insufficiently Czech, on the other. Local people always used the Olza name, regardless of their national or ethnic origin. However,

184-536: Is near the top of the Loučka mountain at 834 m (2,736 ft) above sea level. The Olza River flows through the municipality. The beginnings of Hrádek can be traced back to the first half of the 12th century, when a small fort was built on a trade route running through the Jablunkov Pass around 1119. A settlement named Jablunkov grew up around the fort. The small fort and the settlement were completely destroyed by

207-585: The Hungarians in 1447. After these events, a new settlement was founded nearby and named New Jablunkov . In the area of Hrádek, the settlement was renewed and named Old Jablunkov. The first written mention of the village under the name Hrádek (written as Grudek ) is from 1577. It belonged to the Duchy of Teschen . Hrádek began to develop more rapidly at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, when about 900 people working mainly in agriculture lived there. The development

230-563: The Trans-Olza region, which lies on its west bank, constituting a part of the western half of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia . The river is depicted in the words of the unofficial anthem of this region and of local Poles , Płyniesz Olzo po dolinie ("Thou flowest, Olza, down the valley"), written by Jan Kubisz . Protected animals that live in the river include the brook lamprey , schneider , European bullhead and alpine bullhead . River trout and grayling are commonly found in

253-745: The Karlovy Vary Region Hrádek, a village and part of Manětín in the Plzeň Region Hrádek, a village and part of Raná (Louny District) in the Ústí nad Labem Region Hrádek, a village and part of Srch in the Pardubice Region Hrádek, a village and part of Trhové Sviny in the South Bohemian Region Hrádek na Vlárské dráze, a village and part of Slavičín in the Zlín Region Hrádek nad Nisou ,

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276-599: The central administration in Prague saw Olza as a Polish name and when most of the river became a part of Czechoslovakia in 1920, it tried to change its name to the Czech form, Olše . However, a degree of dualism in the naming persisted until the 1960s, when the Central State Administration of Geodesy and Cartography ruled that the only official form in the Czech Republic was Olše . This modern Czech name literally means ' alder ' in Czech. The Olza originates in

299-417: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hrádek&oldid=1172654163 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hr%C3%A1dek (Fr%C3%BDdek-M%C3%ADstek District) The name of

322-556: The majority were Protestants (74.9%), followed by Roman Catholics (24.9%) and Jews (2 people). After World War I , Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, Hrádek 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 . The municipality

345-540: The municipality is a diminutive form of the word hradiště in Czech and gród in Polish, meaning ' gord '. Hrádek is located about 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Frýdek-Místek and 37 km (23 mi) southeast of Ostrava , in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia . The western part of the municipality lies in the Jablunkov Furrow and the eastern part lies in the Silesian Beskids . The highest point

368-594: The municipality. Hrádek is located on the railway line Ostrava –Mosty u Jablunkova. There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality. The main landmark is the Lutheran church. Belko Rock is a nature landmark above the Olza River. The rock formation was the site of a small fort. According to local legend, it was the home of the infamous knight Belko, who plundered merchants and murdered people, and committed suicide when his conscience overwhelmed him. Hrádek

391-511: The state border again, which lasts until its mouth. In this section, it flows along the territories of Godów and Gorzyce in Poland and Dolní Lutyně and Bohumín in the Czech Republic. There are 690 bodies of water in the Czech part of the basin area. The largest of them is the Těrlicko Reservoir with an area of 268 ha (660 acres), built on the Stonávka. The river is a symbol of

414-422: The state border is usually stated as 16 km (10 mi), which means that according to the latest measurements, the river has a total length of 89.1 km (55.4 mi). However, based on older measurements, the total length of the river is stated as 86.2 km (53.6 mi), 83 km (52 mi) or even 99 km (62 mi). The longest tributaries of the Olza are: The river flows through

437-533: The territory of Gmina Istebna in the Silesian Beskids at an elevation of 842 m (2,762 ft) and flows to the Czech-Polish border in Bohumín / Gorzyce , where it merges with the Oder River at an elevation of 190 m (620 ft). Its drainage basin has an area of 1,107 km (427 sq mi), of which 636.1 km (245.6 sq mi) is in the Czech Republic. The average discharge at its mouth

460-531: The territory of Istebna in Poland, then crosses the Czech- Polish border and flows through territories of Bukovec , Písek , Jablunkov , Návsí , Hrádek , Bystřice , Vendryně , Třinec and Český Těšín . Here it begins to form the state border with Cieszyn , Pogwizdów and Kaczyce on the Polish side and Chotěbuz on the Czech side. The river then continues through the territories of Karviná , Dětmarovice and Petrovice u Karviné before it begins to form

483-521: Was aided by the construction of the road in 1780 and the construction of the Košice–Bohumín Railway a hundred years later. After 1880, stone began to be quarried here. Its quarrying lasted until the outbreak of World War I . 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

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506-422: Was subscribed to the political district of Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov . According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality grew from 798 in 1880 to 886 in 1910 with the majority being native Polish-speakers (between 98.1% and 100%) accompanied by Czech-speaking (at most 0.7% in 1910) and German-speaking people (at most 0.6% in 1910). In terms of religion in 1910

529-600: Was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II . After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia . From 1980 to 1990, Hrádek was an administrative part of Jablunkov . Polish minority makes up 30.2% of the population. The I/68 road (part of the European route E75 ), which connects the D48 motorway with the Czech-Slovak border in Mosty u Jablunkova , passes through

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