Košařiska

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.{{cite book |last=Mrózek|first=Robert|title=Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego|trans-title=Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia|publisher=University of Silesia in Katowice|year=1984|location=Katowice|page=97|language=pl|issn=0208-6336}}{{cite web |title=Strategický plán rozvoje obce Košařiska na období let 2017–2021|url=https://www.kosariska.cz/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SPRO-Kos%CC%8Car%CC%8Ciska_2017-2021-na%CC%81vrh.pdf|publisher=Obec Košařiska|page=4|language=cs|date=2016|access-date=2022-06-08}}

Košařiska is located about {{convert|26|km}} southeast of Frýdek-Místek and {{convert|37|km|abbr=on}} 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 {{convert|1044|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level, located on the northern municipal border. A notable mountain is also Kozubová at {{convert|981|m|ft}} 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.{{cite book |last=Panic|first=Idzi|author-link=Idzi Panic|title=Śląsk Cieszyński w początkach czasów nowożytnych (1528-1653)|trans-title=Cieszyn Silesia in the beginnings of Modern Era (1528-1653)|publisher=Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie|year=2011|location=Cieszyn|page=172|language=pl|isbn=978-83-926929-5-9}}

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%).{{cite book |last=Piątkowski|first=Kazimierz|title=Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem|publisher=Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego|year=1918|location=Cieszyn|pages=266, 285|language=pl|url=http://obc.opole.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=1076}}

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.{{cite journal |title=Ustawa z dnia 27 października 1938 r. o podziale administracyjnym i tymczasowej organizacji administracji na obszarze Ziem Odzyskanych Śląska Cieszyńskiego|journal=Dziennik Ustaw Śląskich|volume=18/1938, poz. 35|date=1938-10-31|publication-place=Katowice|url= http://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/plain-content?id=6949|access-date=2014-07-01|language=pl}} 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.{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by selected ethnicity|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4293&katalog=33522&pvo=SLD210082-OB-OK&evo=v133_!_SLD21F1008-H2_1|work=Public database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|489

|1880|480

|1890|487

|1900|470

|1910|471

|1921|442

|1930|489

|1950|389

|1961|424

|1970|412

|1980|392

|1991|372

|2001|365

|2011|354

|2021|343

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

There are no cultural monuments in the municipality.{{cite web |title=Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Košařiska|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/uskp/podle-relevance/1/seznam/?kraj=80&okres=802&obec=507458&chranenoTed=1&hlObj=1&fulltext|work=Ústřední seznam kulturních památek|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-08-21}}

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}

Košařiska is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partnerské obce|url=https://www.kosariska.cz/obecni-urad/obec/partnerske-obce/|publisher=Obec Košařiska|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-04}}

• {{flagicon|SVK}} Dunajov, Slovakia
• {{flagicon|POL}} Rajcza, Poland

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Category:Villages in Frýdek-Místek District

Category:Cieszyn Silesia