Tichá
Tichá | |
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Municipal office in the centre of Tichá | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Tichá Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°34′12″N 18°13′17″E / 49.57000°N 18.22139°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Nový Jičín |
| First mentioned | 1359 |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.45 km2 (6.35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 2,012 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 742 74 |
| Website | www |
Tichá is a municipality and village in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name literally means 'silent' in Czech.
Geography
Tichá is located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Nový Jičín and 25 km (16 mi) south of Ostrava. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The highest point is the hill Tichavská hůrka at 543 m (1,781 ft) above sea level. The Tichávka Stream flows through the municipality. The Lubina River flows along the western municipal border.
History
The first written mention of Tichá is from 1359.[2]
Demographics
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Transport
The I/58 road from Ostrava to Rožnov pod Radhoštěm passes through the western part of the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark of Tichá is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It was originally a wooden church from the first quarter of the 16th century, but it burned down in 1964 after being struck by lightning.[5] In 1976, the current modern church was built on its site.[6]
Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are a sandstone column shrine from 1647, a late Baroque sandstone cross from 1770, and the Smuteční píseň sculptural group from 1959.[7]
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
- ^ "Historie obce Tichá" (in Czech). Obec Tichá. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Kostel sv. Mikuláše" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Nový kostel sv. Mikuláše" (in Czech). Římskokatolická farnost Tichá. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Tichá". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
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