Milíkov (Frýdek-Místek District)

Milíkov  (Polish: Milików) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.

Milíkov
Milików
Municipality
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Milíkov
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°35′8″N 18°43′10″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictFrýdek-Místek
First mentioned1577
Government
 • MayorEva Kawuloková
Area
 • Total9.16 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 (2021-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,386
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
739 81
Websitewww.obecmilikov.cz

Polish minority makes up 30.4% of the population.[2]

Etymology

The name is either derived from the word milíř (i.e. "charcoal pile") or is derived from personal name Milik.[3][4]

Geography
Chapel of Saint Anne on Kozubová

Milíkov lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The northern part of the municipality is located in the Jablunkov Furrow, the southern part is located in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. More than one-third of the municipality is covered by forest and two-thirds are part of the Beskydy Landscape Protected Area. The highest point is the mountain of Kozubová on the southwestern municipal border, at 981 metres (3,219 ft).

History

Milíkov was first mentioned in 1577 as Milikuw, when it belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg monarchy.[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 district of Teschen and the legal district of Jablunkau. According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality grew from 676 in 1880 to 771 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (99.3% in 1880, then 100%) accompanied by 5 German-speaking in 1880. In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Protestants (62.1%), followed by Roman Catholics (37.9%).[5]

After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, Milíkov became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie 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.

From 1980 to 1990 Milíkov was an administrative part of Bystřice.[7]

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
  2. "Census 2011". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  3. Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: University of Silesia in Katowice. p. 118. ISSN 0208-6336.
  4. "Krátké shrnutí historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Milíkov. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 267, 285.
  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). Katowice. nr 18/1938, poz. 35. 31 October 1938. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  7. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. p. 334.


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