Kojkovice

Audio|Kojkovice.ogg|Kojkovice (Polish: Audio-nohelp|Kojkowice.ogg|"Kojkowice") is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the border with Poland. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Třinec (Trzyniec) in 1960. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and has a population of 287 (1 January 2008). ["Počet obyvatel k 1.1.2008". Správní oddělení města Třince, 2008.]

It is a young village, compared to other villages of Cieszyn Silesia, it was founded in 1776. After the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the village became part of Czechoslovakia as Kojkovice. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938, Kojkovice and the whole Zaolzie region was annexed by Poland. The village was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

There wasn't a school in the village and local children were forced to attend schools in surrounding villages, mostly in Puńców. Number of children rose and economic situation of the village improved, so in 1902 local villagers decided to built their own school. It was finished in 1907 and served local community since that year. It was naturally a Polish school as at that time Kojkowice was ethnically 100% Polish. It served 54 years and was closed in 1961 due to the lack of children.

Czech school in Kojkovice was built in 1932 and was one of the last Czech schools built in Zaolzie at that time. It was closed in 1961 also due to the lack of children.

See also

* Polish minority in the Czech Republic
* Zaolzie

Footnotes

References

* cite book
last = Zahradnik
first = Stanisław
coauthors =
title = Struktura narodowościowa Zaolzia na podstawie spisów ludności 1880-1991
publisher = HT
year = 1991
location = Trzyniec
pages =
url =
doi =
oclc = 189422554
id =

* cite news
last = Zahradnik
first = Stanisław
coauthors =
title = Szkoła - symbolem świetności Kojkowic
work = Głos Ludu
page = 3
language =
publisher =
date = 2007-09-11
url =
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