Hrčava

History

Geographical shifts

• In 1920, Jaworzynka became a part of the Poland following
• *World War I;
• *the fall of Austria-Hungary;
• *the Polish–Czechoslovak War; and
• *the division of Cieszyn Silesia.
• Following protests by the citizens of the hamlet, in 1924, Hrčava was separated from Jaworzynka and transferred to Czechoslovakia.
• Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938, together with the Zaolzie 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.
• After the fall of Communism in Europe and the Soviet Union, and the subsequent dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Hrčava narrowly fell within the borders of the Czech Republic, near the tripoint with Poland and Slovakia.