Ráj

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Field	Value
name	Ráj
settlement_type	Municipal part of Karviná
image_skyline	Karviná 05.jpg
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Czech Republic
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Moravian-Silesian
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Karviná
subdivision_type4	Municipality
subdivision_name4	Karviná
area_total_km2	7.63
population_total	14453
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	734 01
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The hospital is located there, as well as the football field, home of the local team MFK Karviná.

Etymology

The name is cultural in origin, literally paradise, fertile and beautiful land.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as *item Frienstad in '''Ray'''''. It meant that the village served as the foundation ground for Fryštát (*Frienstad''), and as such it had to be much older.

Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Silesian Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became a part of the Habsburg monarchy.[[File:2013 Karwina, Raj, Kaplica św. Anny 05.jpg|thumb|230px|Saint Anne chapel]]After the 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 political district and legal district of Freistadt.

After World War I, the fall of Austria-Hungary, the Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the village became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively organised in Frysztat County of Silesian Voivodeship. The village was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

In the past a Renaissance château was located in Ráj. It was built in 1563-1570 together with the surrounding park. In the 1750s the château was reconstructed to the Baroque style and remained so until its destruction. In 1899 the château was bought by the local wealthy Larisch-Mönnich family, who owned it until 1945. After World War II it was confiscated, and after Communist takeover of power in Czechoslovakia it passed to the coal company, who used it as the dormitory for miners. In 1955 a hospital was relocated there. The château dilapidated quickly and the hospital was forced to leave the building in 1968. Communist authorities neglected the landmark and finally it was demolished in 1980.[[File:Karvinská nemocnice.JPG|thumb|230px|Hospital]]

Demographics

According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 766 in 1880 to 1,053 in 1910. In terms of the language spoken colloquially the majority were Polish-speakers (between 99.4% and 98.4%), accompanied by German-speakers (at most 40 or 5.2% in 1880) and Czech-speakers (at most 5 or 0.5% in 1910). In terms of religion, in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics (98.7%), followed by Protestants (14 or 1.3%). The village was also traditionally inhabited by Silesian Lachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect.

References

{{cite book | last = Hosák | first = Ladislav |author2=Rudolf Šrámek | title = Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku II, M-Ž | publisher = Academia | year = 1980 | location = Praha | page = 354
{{cite book | last = Zahradnik | first = Stanisław | author-link = Stanisław Zahradnik | title = Struktura narodowościowa Zaolzia na podstawie spisów ludności 1880-1991 | publisher = HT | year = 1991 | location = Trzyniec | oclc = 189422554

References

(2021-03-27). "Results of the 2021 Census - Open data". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
Mrózek, Robert. (1984). "Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego". [[University of Silesia in Katowice.
Panic, Idzi. (2010). "Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528)". Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie.
Schulte, Wilhelm. (1889). "Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis".
"Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis".
Panic, Idzi. (2010). "Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528)". Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie.
(31 October 1938). "Ustawa z dnia 27 października 1938 r. o podziale administracyjnym i tymczasowej organizacji administracji na obszarze Ziem Odzyskanych Śląska Cieszyńskiego". Dziennik Ustaw Śląskich.
Piątkowski, Kazimierz. (1918). "Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem". Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego.
(2015-12-21). "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011". [[Czech Statistical Office]].

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