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| Country | the Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian region |
| Surface | 33.8 km² |
| Population | 24 600 |
| Postal Code | 737 01 |
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Czech Cieszyn - the city in the eastern part Czech, in Moravian-Silesian country, seat of the commune with extended powers. It is situated in the Silesian Foothills, on the Olza River. The modern administrative term "the city of Český Těąín" refers to the left-bank part of the urban center constituting a single whole, the right-bank part of which belongs to Poland and is officially called "Cieszyn".
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By plane
The nearest airport is Ostrava Airport.
By train
There is a train station in the city, on the important Ostrava-Žilina railway line.
By car
The express road connecting Bielsko-Biała with Brno runs through Český Těąín. In addition, the national roads from Žilina, Ostrava and Karvina cross here.
By coach
Communication
Worth seeing
- The parish church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - built in the years 1891-1894 according to the design of Ludwig Satzke, first as a church of the Jesuit Order, later as a parish church for the newly founded city of Český Těąín
- A chapel from 1878
- Central municipal cemetery - established in 1925, divided (until the 1960s) into a Catholic and Evangelical part, and in 1926 an additional Jewish part was created
- St. John of Nepomuk on Masaryk Avenue - the oldest sculpture in Český Těąín, dating from the mid-18th century; baroque made of polychrome sandstone
- Monument to the International Anti-Fascist Coalition STALAG VIII B / D - built on the Olza River in 1979 on the site of the former German prisoner of war camp Stalag VIII D. In 2011, commemorative plaques were unveiled on the monument dedicated to the victims of the Third Reich
- The building of the former shooting range built in the neoclassical style in 1882, now the Cultural and Social Center "Strzelnica" with an art gallery, jazz club and tennis courts
- Gymnasium building - built in the style of functionalism, designed by Jaroslav Fragner in 1935
- Szomre-Szabos Synagogue - built in the eclectic-Moorish style, designed by Eduard David in 1928.
- Railway station - built in 1889 in the neo-renaissance style
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