Staré Město (Frýdek-Místek District)
Staré Město is a small municipality and village in the Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 residents (1,517 as of 2025-01-01). The name means "old town" and it was used to distinguish the place from nearby Frýdek. Staré Město lies south of Frýdek-Místek and is closely connected to the city as part of its urban area. It is about 16 km south of Ostrava, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills, at the confluence of the Ostravice and Morávka rivers. The area covers about 4.68 square kilometers and sits around 301 meters above sea level.
Historically, the area started as the village Jemnice, first mentioned in 1223. The nearby town of Frýdek appeared around 1386 and absorbed Jemnice. The Jemnice area was first mentioned as Staremiesto in 1434. It belonged to the Duchy of Teschen, which became a Bohemian fief in 1327. In 1573 the duchy was sold along with Frýdek to form a state country separate from Teschen. After World War I, Staré Město became part of Czechoslovakia; in 1939 it joined the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and after World War II it returned to Czechoslovakia. It was later merged into Frýdek-Místek, but on 24 November 1990 it became independent again.
The D48 motorway (part of European route E462) passes through the area, connecting Nový Jičín with the Czech–Polish border at Chotěbuz. The main landmark is the Church of Saint Joseph, built in neo-Romanesque style from 1902 to 1904.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 05:08 (CET).