Ropice

Ropice
Ropice; Ropica
	— Village —
	Municipal office and the post office
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°42′0″N 18°36′20″E / 49.7°N 18.60556°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1305
	Government
• Mayor	Urszula Wania
	Area
• Total	10.1 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)
	Population (2006)
• Total	1,417
• Density	140.3/km2 (363.4/sq mi)
Postal code	739 56
Website	http://www.ropice.cz/

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Ropice (help·info) (Polish: Ropica (info), German: Roppitz) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,417 (2006), 28.9% of the population are the Poles.^[1] Ropičanka River flows into the Olza River in the village. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1305 as Ropiza.^[2] Owners of Ropica in 15th century, the Sobek family, built a fort in the village. It was rebuilt to a baroque château around 1700 and then to a classicist one in 1810. It remains in that style today, although it dilapidated during the communist era and is now completely devastated.

There is a modern golf course in Ropice.

[edit] Footnotes

^ "2001 census data". Czech Statistical Office. http://www.czso.cz/sldb/sldb2001.nsf/obce/556971?OpenDocument.
^ Hosák et al. 1980, 377.

[edit] References

Cicha, Irena; Kazimierz Jaworski, Bronisław Ondraszek, Barbara Stalmach and Jan Stalmach (2000). Olza od pramene po ujście. Český Těšín: Region Silesia. ISBN 80-238-6081-X.