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Šenov

Coordinates: 49°47′3″N 18°22′47″E / 49.78417°N 18.37972°E / 49.78417; 18.37972
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For the similarly named municipality in the same region, see Šenov u Nového Jičína.
Šenov
Town
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Coordinates: 49°47′3″N 18°22′47″E / 49.78417°N 18.37972°E / 49.78417; 18.37972
CountryFile:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictOstrava-City
First mentioned1305
Government
 • MayorTomáš Holuša
Area
 • Total
16.63 km2 (6.42 sq mi)
Elevation
255 m (837 ft)
Population
 (2026-01-01)[1]
 • Total
6,642
 • Density399.4/km2 (1,034/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
739 34
Websitewww.mesto-senov.cz

Šenov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃɛnof]; Polish: Szonów; German: Schönhof) is a town in Ostrava-City District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,600 inhabitants. The town is located on the Lučina River in the Ostrava Basin and creates a conurbation with the city of Ostrava.

Šenov was probably founded around 1290, but it became a town only in 1998. The main landmark of the town is the Church of the Providence of God.

Geography

Šenov is located southeast of Ostrava, in its immediate vicinity. It is urbanistically fused with Ostrava-Bartovice. It lies in the Ostrava Basin, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The Lučina River flows through the town.

History

Šenov was probably founded around 1290. The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia. The first written mention is in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from 1305 under its Latin name Sonow.[2][3]

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 Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy.

The village could have become a seat of a Catholic parish if Schonwald mentioned in a register of Peter's Pence payment from 1447 among 50 parishes of Teschen deaconry was a temporary but similar name for the village at that time.[4] After the 1540s Protestant Reformation prevailed in the Duchy of Teschen and a local Catholic church was taken over by Lutherans. It was taken from them (as one from around fifty buildings in the region) by a special commission and given back to the Roman Catholic Church on 25 March 1654.[5]

In around 1576, Šenov was acquired by the noble family of Skrbenský of Hříště. Šenov was in their possession for almost 300 years. The family had built here a magnificent Renaissance castle, which stood in the area of today's park. It was demolished in 1927.[2]

According to the Austro-Hungarian census of 1910, the municipality had 3,441 inhabitants 2,820 (82.6%) were Czech-speaking and 528 (15.5%) were Polish-speaking. The most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 2,883 (83.8%), followed by Protestants with 539 (15.7%).[6]

In 1998, Šenov was promoted to a town.[2]

Demographics

Transport

Šenov is located on the railway line Ostrava–Český Těšín.[9]

Sights

The main landmark of Šenov is the Church of the Providence of God. It was built in the Baroque style in 1764.[10]

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Šenov is twinned with:[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Historie města" (in čeština). Město Šenov. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  3. ↑ Panic, Idzi (2015). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (PDF) (in polski). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. pp. 297–299. ISBN 978-83-935147-8-6.
  4. ↑ "Registrum denarii sancti Petri in archidiaconatu Opoliensi sub anno domini MCCCCXLVII per dominum Nicolaum Wolff decretorum doctorem, archidiaconum Opoliensem, ex commissione reverendi in Christo patris ac domini Conradi episcopi Wratislaviensis, sedis apostolice collectoris, collecti". Zeitschrift des Vereins für Geschichte und Alterthum Schlesiens (in Deutsch). 27. Breslau: H. Markgraf: 361–372. 1893. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  5. ↑ Broda, Jan (1992). "Materiały do dziejów Kościoła ewangelickiego w Księstwie Cieszyńskim i Państwie Pszczyńskim w XVI i XVII wieku". Z historii Kościoła ewangelickiego na Śląsku Cieszyńskim (in polski). Katowice: Dom Wydawniczy i Księgarski "Didache". pp. 259–260. ISBN 83-85572-00-7.
  6. ↑ Patryn, Ludwig, ed. (1912). Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien (in Deutsch). Opava.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  8. ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  9. ↑ "Station details Šenov". České dráhy. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  10. ↑ "Kostel Prozřetelnosti Boží" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  11. ↑ "Oběžník města Šenov: Zahájení výstavby nového altánu v zámeckém parku v Šenově" (PDF) (in čeština). Město Šenov. December 2025. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
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