| Košařiska | |
| Other Name: | Polish: Koszarzyska |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Moravian-Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Frýdek-Místek |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.59°N 18.6947°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1657 |
| Area Total Km2: | 17.18 |
| Elevation M: | 458 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 354 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 739 81 |
Košařiska (Polish: {{Audio-nohelp|Pl-Koszarzyska.ogg|Koszarzyska) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.
The name of the village is derived from the word koszarzysko / košor denoting a place where a koszar (movable fence to pen sheep used by Goral shepherds) was placed.[2] [3]
Košařiska is located about southeast of Frýdek-Místek and 37km (23miles) southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range. The highest point is the Ostrý mountain at 1044m (3,425feet) above sea level, located on the northern municipal border. A notable mountain is also Kozubová at 981m (3,219feet) on the southern border. The Kopytná brook flows through the municipality.
The settlement of the area began around 1615. The first written mention of Košařiska is from 1657 as Kossarzyska. It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg monarchy.[4] [3]
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 Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov. According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality dropped from 480 in 1880 to 471 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (between 96.8% and 100%) accompanied by German-speaking people (at most 15 or 3.2% in 1880). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Protestants (87.7%), followed by Roman Catholics (12.9%).[5]
After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the municipality 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.[6] It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.
Polish minority makes up 26.8% of the population.[7]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
There are no cultural monuments in the municipality.[8]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Košařiska is twinned with:[9]
