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16-674: The river is named after the village of Ropice . The Ropičanka originates in the territory of Řeka on the slopes of the Ropice Mountain in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids at an elevation of 890 m (2,920 ft) and flows to Český Těšín , where it merges with the Olza River at an elevation of 272 m (892 ft). It is 16.5 km (10.3 mi) long. Its drainage basin has an area of 36.7 km (14.2 sq mi). The longest tributaries of

32-541: A small German-speaking minority (at most 39 or 3% in 1910) and Czech-speaking people (at most 19 or 1.5% in 1910). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics (53%), followed by Protestants (47%). After World War I , Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it became a part of Czechoslovakia . Following the Munich Agreement , in October 1938 together with

48-694: Is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 1,700 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority . The name is of topographic origins derived from petroleum ( ropa in Czech and Polish). Ropice is located about 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Frýdek-Místek and 24 km (15 mi) southeast of Ostrava , in

64-458: The Trans-Olza region it was annexed by Poland , administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship . It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II . After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia . In 1980, Ropice became an administrative part of Třinec . In 2000, it became a separate municipality again. Polish minority makes up 19.6% of

80-670: The state . Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with income tax , property tax , and corporate income tax , but may also receive substantial funding from the state. In some European countries, such as Germany, municipalities have the constitutional right to supply public services through municipally-owned public utility companies . Terms cognate with "municipality", mostly referring to territory or political structure, are Spanish municipio (Spain) and municipalidad (Chile), Catalan municipi , Portuguese município . In many countries, terms cognate with "commune" are used, referring to

96-602: The Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction , from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco , to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York . The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass: Powers of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to

112-550: The Ropičanka are: The stream flows through the municipal territories of Řeka , Třinec , Smilovice , Střítež , Ropice and Český Těšín . The upper course of the stream is located within the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area . Among the species of fish living in the river are the alpine bullhead and river trout . Ropice Ropice ( Polish : Ropica , German : Roppitz )

128-535: The castle in 1810. After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia . The village as a municipality was subscribed to the political and legal district of Cieszyn . According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality grew from 1,156 in 1880 to 1,291 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (between 95.5% and 97.8%) accompanied by

144-534: The community living in the area and the common interest. These include terms: The same terms "Gemeente" (Dutch) or "Gemeinde" (German) may be used for church congregations or parishes, for example, in the German and Dutch Protestant churches. In Greece, the word Δήμος ( demos ) is used, also meaning 'community'; the word is known in English from the compound democracy (rule of the people). In some countries,

160-621: The early 15th century, a fortress was built in Ropice. The first known owners of Ropice were the Sobek family in 1430. The family owned the village until 1693. Around 1700, Ropice was acquired by Filip Saint Genois. He had rebuilt the fortress into a Baroque castle in the early 18th century. In 1785 the Saint Genois family sold Ropice to the Celesta family, who had made Neoclassical renovation of

176-561: The governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district . The English word is derived from French municipalité , which in turn derives from the Latin municipalis , based on the word for social contract ( municipium ), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into

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192-482: The historical region of Cieszyn Silesia . It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills . The highest point is the hill Štěpnice at 359 m (1,178 ft) above sea level. The Ropičanka Stream flows through the municipality. The Olza River forms the northeastern municipal border. The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on

208-498: The population. There is a modern golf course in Ropice. Ropice Castle was confiscated by the state in 1945 and until the 1970s it was used as a school. Then it was uninhabited and fell into disrepair. It is currently privately owned and since 2011 gradually reconstructed. A parish church was built here in the second half of the 14th century and first mentioned in 1447. In 1733–1736 the Baroque Church of Saint Catherine

224-529: The register of Peter's Pence payment from 1447 among 50 parishes of Teschen deanery as Ropicza . After the 1540s Protestant Reformation prevailed in the Duchy of Teschen and a local Catholic church was taken over by Lutherans . It was taken from them (as one from around fifty buildings in the region) by a special commission and given back to the Roman Catholic Church on 26 March 1654. In

240-537: The territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia . Ropice was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as Ropiza . Politically Ropice belonged to the Duchy of Teschen (1297 described bilaterally as part of Poland), since 1327 within the Kingdom of Bohemia . The village became a seat of a Catholic parish , mentioned in

256-538: Was built, but was replaced by a new church in 1806 that was consecrated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. Ropice is twinned with: Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean

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