Český Těšín
Český Těšín
Czeski Cieszyn | |
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Town hall | |
| Coordinates: 49°44′46″N 18°37′34″E / 49.74611°N 18.62611°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Karviná |
| First mentioned | 1155 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Karel Kula |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.79 km2 (13.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 270 m (890 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01) | |
• Total | 23,075 |
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 735 62, 737 01 |
| Website | www |
Český Těšín (Czech: [ˈtʃɛskiː ˈcɛʃiːn] ⓘ; Polish: Czeski Cieszyn; German: Tschechisch-Teschen) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants.
Český Těšín lies on the west bank of the Olza river, in the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Until the 1920 division of the region between Poland and Czechoslovakia it was just a western suburb of the town of Teschen, which after the division fell to Poland as Cieszyn. The combined population of the Czech and Polish parts of the town is around 57,000 (23,500 in Český Těšín, 33,500 in Cieszyn).
The historic centre in Český Těšín is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.