Karpentná

History

The village was first mentioned in 1552. It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg monarchy. 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, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 468 in 1880 to 521 in 1910 with all the inhabitants being native Polish-speakers. In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Protestants (98.1%), followed by Roman Catholics (10 or 1.9%). The village was also traditionally inhabited by Cieszyn Vlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect. After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship. It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  870
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  862
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  804
• Coal Tit

  Periparus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  691
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  666
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  663
• Eurasian Nuthatch

  Sitta europaea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  596
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  513

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2026-04-09
  1 km WNW of Radlin, Poland
• M 2.9 — 2025-04-29
  4 km WSW of Bytom, Poland
• M 3.2 — 2025-01-27
  1 km NE of Radlin, Poland
• M 2.9 — 2024-07-11
  4 km N of Jejkowice, Poland
• M 3 — 2023-10-04
  2 km W of Murcki, Poland
• M 2.8 — 2023-01-12
  2 km ENE of Karviná, Czechia