Reformation in Śląsk Cieszyński w context miejscowej sytuacji językowej

Abstract

Članek Reformacija v Tešinski Šleziji v kontekstu lokalne jezikovne situacije predstavlja pokrajino s površino 2282 km2, ki je leta 1290 postala samostojna šlezijska kneževina na stiku najmanj dveh (slovanskih) etnij, kultur in jezikov. Prvotno (do konca prve svetovne vojne, natančneje do julija 1920) je predstavljala celoto s kulturnim, z administrativnim in društvenim centrom – mestom Cieszyn/Teschen (po tem sta bila tako mesto Cieszyn kot tudi celotno preostalo področje razdeljena na dva dela – češki in poljski). To prvotno slovansko ozemlje je bilo od 13. stoletja dalje, enako kot drugi deli Šlezije, predmet nemške kolonizacije, omeniti velja tudi dokaj močno židovsko komponento populacije. V članku so omenjeni zgodovinski trenutki, ki so povezani s specifičnim razvojem protestantske cerkve v Tešinski Šleziji in tudi s splošnim političnim ter družbenim razvojem te pokrajine. The present article Reformation in the Teschen Silesian Region in the Context of Local Language Situation describes a district stretching over an area of 2,282 km2 that originated in 1290 at the intersection of at least two Slavic ethnic groups, cultures and languages. Formerly, until the end of World War I or even until July 1920, this area used to form a whole with its cultural, administrative and social centre – the town of Cieszyn/Teschen. Afterwards, both the whole area and the town of Cieszyn were divided into two parts – Czech and Polish. This primarily Slavic territory was subject to German colonization from the 13th Century and a large number of Jewish inhabitants used to live there. The author notes some historical moments related to the specific development of the Protestant Church in the Teschen Silesia region as well as to the general political and social development of this region.