Ni?ni Lhoty

Ni?ni Lhoty
Ni?ni Lhoty
Municipality
	Fire station
	Flag Coat of arms
	Ni?ni Lhoty Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°38′46″N 18°26′12″E / 49.64611°N 18.43667°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frydek-Mistek
First mentioned	1434
Area
? Total	3.79 km 2 (1.46 sq mi)
Elevation	359 m (1,178 ft)
Population (2023-01-01)
? Total	290
? Density	77/km 2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 ( CET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+2 ( CEST )
Postal code	739 51
Website	www .niznilhoty .cz

Ni?ni Lhoty ( Polish : Ligota Dolna , German : Unter Ellgoth ) is a municipality and village in Frydek-Mistek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 300 inhabitants.

Etymology [ edit ]

The name Lhoty is plural of Lhota , which a very common name of Slavic settlement, derived from lh?ta (i.e. "period"). The adjective Ni?ni , originally Dolny neb Spodny (i.e. "lower") was used to differentiate it from the younger nearby sister settlement called originally Horny , today Vy?ni Lhoty ("Upper Lhoty"). ^[2]

Geography [ edit ]

Ni?ni Lhoty is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) southeast of Frydek-Mistek and 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Ostrava . It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia , in the western part of the Moravian-Silesian Foothills . The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Moravka River.

History [ edit ]

Some sources state that the village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item Rudgeri villa , however it is very unlikely and disputed. ^[a] Far more likely it was later mentioned in 1434 as Lhoty and in 1450 as Rozkowa Lhota . Later up the Moravka river the sister settlement of Vy?ni Lhoty was established. They were then both mentioned in 1584. The name Ni?ni Lhoty was first used in 1573. ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen . In 1573 it was sold as one of 16 villages and the town of Friedeck and formed a state country split from the Duchy of Teschen. ^[5]

The village had a typical agricultural and pastoral character. In the 18th century, the road leading through the valley to the mountain area led outside the built-up part of the village, which led to the isolation of the village and only a very slow development of business and trade. ^[4]

After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary , it became a part of Czechoslovakia . In March 1939, it became a part of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . After World War II , it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

Demographics [ edit ]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	449	?
1880	436	?2.9%
1890	413	?5.3%
1900	420	+1.7%
1910	405	?3.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	410	+1.2%
1930	457	+11.5%
1950	390	?14.7%
1961	363	?6.9%
1970	334	?8.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	269	?19.5%
1991	246	?8.6%
2001	249	+1.2%
2011	255	+2.4%
2021	290	+13.7%

Source: Censuses ^[6]^[7]

Sights [ edit ]

There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality. ^[8]

Notes [ edit ]

^ This leaves the question what happened to Rudgeri villa , as it indeed lay somewhere in the vicinity but is now considered lost. It was probably absorbed by another nearby village, but not necessarily by Ni?ni Lhoty .

References [ edit ]

^ "Population of Municipalities ? 1 January 2023" . Czech Statistical Office . 2023-05-23.
^ ^a ^b Mrozek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego ?l?ska Cieszy?skiego [ Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia ] (in Polish). Katowice: University of Silesia in Katowice . p. 106. ISSN 0208-6336 .
^ Panic, Idzi (2015). ?l?sk Cieszy?ski w ?redniowieczu (do 1528) [ Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528) ] (PDF) (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 307. ISBN 978-83-935147-8-6 .
^ ^a ^b "Historie a obecni symboly Ni?nich Lhot" (in Czech). Obec Ni?ni Lhoty . Retrieved 2022-06-30 .
^ Panic, Idzi (2011). ?l?sk Cieszy?ski w pocz?tkach czasow nowo?ytnych (1528-1653) [ Cieszyn Silesia in the beginnings of Modern Era (1528-1653) ] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 224. ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9 .
^ "Historicky lexikon obci ?eske republiky 1869?2011 ? Okres Frydek-Mistek" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 5?6.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex" . Public Database . Czech Statistical Office . 2021-03-27.
^ "Vysledky vyhledavani: Kulturni pamatky, obec Ni?ni Lhoty" . Ust?edni seznam kulturnich pamatek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute . Retrieved 2023-08-14 .

External links [ edit ]

Official website

[3] This leaves the question what happened to Rudgeri villa , as it indeed lay somewhere in the vicinity but is now considered lost. It was probably absorbed by another nearby village, but not necessarily by Ni?ni Lhoty .

[1] "Population of Municipalities ? 1 January 2023" . Czech Statistical Office . 2023-05-23.

[mrozek-2] Mrozek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego ?l?ska Cieszy?skiego [ Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia ] (in Polish). Katowice: University of Silesia in Katowice . p. 106. ISSN 0208-6336 .

[4] Panic, Idzi (2015). ?l?sk Cieszy?ski w ?redniowieczu (do 1528) [ Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528) ] (PDF) (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 307. ISBN 978-83-935147-8-6 .

[history-5] "Historie a obecni symboly Ni?nich Lhot" (in Czech). Obec Ni?ni Lhoty . Retrieved 2022-06-30 .

[6] Panic, Idzi (2011). ?l?sk Cieszy?ski w pocz?tkach czasow nowo?ytnych (1528-1653) [ Cieszyn Silesia in the beginnings of Modern Era (1528-1653) ] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 224. ISBN 978-83-926929-5-9 .

[7] "Historicky lexikon obci ?eske republiky 1869?2011 ? Okres Frydek-Mistek" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 5?6.

[8] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex" . Public Database . Czech Statistical Office . 2021-03-27.

[9] "Vysledky vyhledavani: Kulturni pamatky, obec Ni?ni Lhoty" . Ust?edni seznam kulturnich pamatek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute . Retrieved 2023-08-14 .

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