Tichá

Tichá
Tichá
Municipality
	Municipal office in the centre of Tichá
	Flag Coat of arms
	Tichá Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°34′12″N 18°13′17″E / 49.57000°N 18.22139°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Nový Jičín
First mentioned	1359
Area
• Total	16.45 km2 (6.35 sq mi)
Elevation	355 m (1,165 ft)
Population (2025-01-01)
• Total	2,012
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	742 74
Website	www.ticha.cz

Tichá is a municipality and village in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name literally means 'silent' in Czech.

Geography

Tichá is located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Nový Jičín and 25 km (16 mi) south of Ostrava. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The highest point is the hill Tichavská hůrka at 543 m (1,781 ft) above sea level. The Tichávka Stream flows through the municipality. The Lubina River flows along the western municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Tichá is from 1359.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,562	—
1880	1,474	−5.6%
1890	1,430	−3.0%
1900	1,463	+2.3%
1910	1,553	+6.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,487	−4.2%
1930	1,669	+12.2%
1950	1,571	−5.9%
1961	1,695	+7.9%
1970	1,565	−7.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	1,511	−3.5%
1991	1,493	−1.2%
2001	1,557	+4.3%
2011	1,690	+8.5%
2021	1,813	+7.3%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

The I/58 road from Ostrava to Rožnov pod Radhoštěm passes through the western part of the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Tichá is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It was originally a wooden church from the first quarter of the 16th century, but it burned down in 1964 after being struck by lightning.^[5] In 1976, the current modern church was built on its site.^[6]

Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are a sandstone column shrine from 1647, a late Baroque sandstone cross from 1770, and the Smuteční píseň sculptural group from 1959.^[7]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
^ "Historie obce Tichá" (in Czech). Obec Tichá. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Kostel sv. Mikuláše" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
^ "Nový kostel sv. Mikuláše" (in Czech). Římskokatolická farnost Tichá. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Tichá". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.

[2] "Historie obce Tichá" (in Czech). Obec Tichá. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

[3] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.

[4] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[5] "Kostel sv. Mikuláše" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

[6] "Nový kostel sv. Mikuláše" (in Czech). Římskokatolická farnost Tichá. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

[7] "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Tichá". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

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