Třinec

=Třinec (pol// Trzyniec,ger //// Trzynietz) //=



Is a town in the nort-east of Czech Republic, popullation of 38 thousand

Located very close to Czech-Polish border with wide 17% polish minority, and 20km distance from Czech-Slowakian border.

Largely known within Czech Republic for a massive of Třinec Ironworks (which directly or indirectly employes a half of town inhabitants) The huge factory also brings along unfortunate side effects: the dust, the noise and at times even un unholy smell of hydrogen sulfide, which is not very healthy, true, but us locals are adjusted for that and not very many suffer from asthma.

Area eastern of town is home to old settlers speaking ancient mountain dialect, which is a mixture of polish, czech and german.

Due to historic closeness with higly religious Poland, Třinec (unlike in most Czech towns) is noted for as many as 60% people claiming a religion (nation average is about 40% including a non-identified diety)

The town (and whole region) was a subject to a border war shortly after the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was occupied by Poland twice, in 1919 and then again during the second world war.

Ice-hockey [[image:t3.jpg width="226" height="128"]]
There are not very many towns within Czech Republic to be that involved in sport, but in Třinec ice-hockey is not a sport, it is a religion. Whole families attend in the old arena, named after the slang name of a local factory Werk, which is capable of carrying 14% of town with its 5200 capacity. In 2011, when local team became champions, the city was in a fever of celebrations. And rightly so. Following a succesful year, a plans were developed for a new arena, planned to be started in a few years with expected cost of two bilion czech crowns. Not bad for a border town, right? More info on town here

One more interesting event to attend in my city would be Night Full of Stars: The rock festival