Smilovice (Frýdek-Místek District)

Smilovice (Polish Śmiłowice, German Smilowitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located seven kilometers west of Třinec and belongs to Okres Frýdek- Místek.

Geography

Smilovice located at the foot of the Moravian- Silesian Beskydy at the Ropičanka. To the south, the Godula collected ( 737 m) and in the southeastern Gutský vrch ( 741 m). The western part of the village is crossed creek of the headwaters of the Černý.

Neighboring towns are Střítež in the north, Rakovec and Nebory in the northeast, Zápolí, Pržno and Vrchy in the east, Guty the southeast, Kopanice, Řeka, PERLIK, Močálka and Hůra in the south, Godula the southwest, Poruby and Komorní Lhotka in the west and Poloniny and Hnojník in the northwest.

History

Smilovice was created in 15th century during the colonization of the Duchy of Teschen belonging Beskidenwälder. The first written mention of the good Smylovicz was 1448th It was named after František Smyl, took the Wallachian settlers from Romania in the country. In 1592 the estate was confiscated by the Teschen chamber. 1603 sold Duke Wenceslas Adam, the village of Hannibal from Brno. Meanwhile widow gave Smilovice back to Duchess Elisabeth Lucretia, who sold it in 1646 to Andris Zientek. Until 1644 the Good Smilovice included the Paseken in the upper Ropičankatal, from which the village was built Řeka. Smilovice was an agricultural village. One focus was grazing, logging and played the next Salaschenwirtschaft in the mountains a roller. The inhabitants were mostly Protestant and met until 1781 to clandestine religious services on the Godula. Among the owners of Rakowetz were the Barons of Bees on Hnojník.

After the abolition of patrimonial Smilowitz formed with the district Rakowetz from 1850 a municipality in the district of Teschen. From 1920, the village belonged to the district Český Těšín. In 1938 Śmiłowice as part of Olsagebiets to Poland. From 1939 to 1945 Smilowitz belonged to the district of Teschen. On May 2, 1945, the Red Army attacked the German-occupied city. The village was evacuated and taken the next day. Through the struggles several houses were damaged by Rakowetz. Smilovice came back after the war with Czechoslovakia. After the dissolution of Okres Český Těšín the community in 1961 associated with the Okres Frýdek- Místek. In 1980 Smilovice was incorporated into Hnojník, since 1991, the municipality is again. In Smilovice lives a strong Polish minority residing 26 % of the population ( 2001).

Community structure

For the community Smilovice no districts are reported. To Smilovice the settlements Močálka and Rakovec include ( Rakowetz ).

Attractions

• Tolerance built monument at Godula, 1931 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary Tolerance Patent
• Chapel

Sons and daughters of the town

• Karol Grycz - Smilowski (1885-1959), clergyman and reformer of Unitarian Polish Brethren
• Jerzy Buzek ( born 1940 ), President of the European Parliament, he lived the first five years of his life in Smilowitz.
• Stanislav Piętak ( b. 1946 ), the Protestant Episcopal