Albrechtice Olbrachcice | |
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  Albrechtice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates:49°47′11″N18°31′28″E / 49.78639°N 18.52444°E /49.78639; 18.52444 | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Karviná |
| First mentioned | 1447 |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.69 km2 (4.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 258 m (846 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 3,808 |
| • Density | 300.1/km2 (777.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 735 43 |
| Website | www |
Albrechtice (Czech pronunciation:[albr̩ɛxcɪtsɛ]ⓘ;Polish:Olbrachcice,German:Albersdorf) is a municipality and village in theKarviná District in theMoravian-Silesian Region of theCzech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. The municipality has a significantPolish minority.
The name of the village ispatronymic in origin, derived from the personal nameAlbrecht, meaning "Albrecht's village".[2] It could have been the sub-chamberlain ofDuchy of Teschen, which is mentioned in 1322.[3]
Albrechtice is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south ofKarviná and 15 km (9 mi) east ofOstrava. The municipality lies mostly in theMoravian-Silesian Foothills, only the northern part extends into theOstrava Basin lowland. The highest point is at 330 m (1,080 ft) above sea level. TheStonávka River flows through the municipality.
The village was first mentioned in the register ofPeter's Pence payment from 1447 among the 50 parishes of Teschendeanery asAlbrothsdorff.[4] Politically the village belonged to theDuchy of Teschen, which was since 1327 afee of theKingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of theHabsburg monarchy.
After the 1540sProtestant Reformation prevailed in the Duchy of Teschen and a local Catholic church was taken over byLutherans. It was taken from them (as one from around fifty buildings in the region) by a special commission and given back to theRoman Catholic Church on 26 March 1654.[3]
After theRevolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire, a modernmunicipal division was introduced in the re-establishedAustrian Silesia. The village as a municipality was subscribed at least since 1880 to political and legaldistrict of Freistadt.
According to the censuses from 1880–1910 the population of the municipality grew from 1,070 in 1880 to 1,335 in 1910. In 1880 96.9% of inhabitants declared being Czech-speaking, followed by 33 or 3.1% German-speakers. In the next censuses majority were Polish-speaking (growing from 97.9% in 1890 to 99.5% in 1910), followed by diminishing number of German-speakers (from 23 or 2.1% in 1890 to 6 or 0.5% in 1910). In terms of religion, in 1910 the majority wereRoman Catholics (899 or 67.3%), followed byProtestants (424 or 31.8%) andJews (11 or 0.8%).[5]
AfterWorld War I, thePolish–Czechoslovak War and the division ofCieszyn Silesia in 1920, the municipality became a part ofCzechoslovakia. Following theMunich Agreement, in October 1938 together with theTrans-Olza region it was annexed byPoland, administratively organised inFrysztat County ofSilesian Voivodeship.[6] The municipality was then annexed byNazi Germany at the beginning ofWorld War II. After the war it was restored toCzechoslovakia.
Polish minority makes up 15.7% of the population.[7]
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Albrechtice is located on the railway line heading fromOpava andOstrava toČeský Těšín.[10]
The most important monument is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It is a wooden Baroque building from 1766.[11]
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