Karpentná
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is a village in Frýdek-Místek District
, Moravian-Silesian Region
, Czech Republic
. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Třinec
in 1980. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia
and has a population of 705 (1 January 2008)..
Popular folk song in the regional dialect
Na Karpyntnej zdechnył kóń (A Horse Died in Karpętna) refers to the village.
Frýdek-Místek District
Frýdek-Místek District is a district within the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the city of Frýdek-Místek. It was created by 1960 reform of administrative divisions...
, Moravian-Silesian Region
Moravian-Silesian Region
Moravian-Silesian Region , or Moravo-Silesian Region, is one of 14 administrative Regions of the Czech Republic, until May 2001 it was formerly called the Ostrava Region . The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most of the Czech part of the...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Třinec
Trinec
Třinec is a town in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the Olza River, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The town has 37,405 inhabitants as of 2009, in 2001 17.7% of the population were Poles...
in 1980. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia
Cieszyn Silesia
Cieszyn Silesia or Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered around the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic...
and has a population of 705 (1 January 2008)..
Popular folk song in the regional dialect
Cieszyn Silesian dialect
Cieszyn Silesian dialect is one of the Silesian dialects. It has its roots mainly in Polish and has also strong Czech and German influences and even Vlachs' and Slovak. It is spoken in Cieszyn Silesia, a region on both sides of the Polish-Czech border. It lacks some official codification and...
Na Karpyntnej zdechnył kóń (A Horse Died in Karpętna) refers to the village.
People
- Stanisław Hadyna, founder of Śląsk Song and Dance EnsembleŚląsk Song and Dance EnsembleŚląsk Song and Dance Ensemble is one of the largest Polish folk ensembles. It was founded on July 1, 1953 by Stanisław Hadyna and is named after the Silesia region...
- Karol Daniel Kadłubiec, Polish ethnographer, folklorist and historian