Well, all right, then!

Never heard of this place before, but I’ve never been to the Czech Republic.

Horni Sucha, postal code 73535. Not 6969, as you might expect. Or, maybe you wouldn’t.

Horni Sucha has 4,536 inhabitants, with Poles 17.1 percent of the population. In the US of A, the feds and state governments keep track of where black African-Americans live, as well as Hispanic/Latino Americans and a bunch of other federally-designated minorities. In Czech land, government head-counters keep track of minority Poles.

One of the things about being a recognized minority ethnic group in Europe is, you never know when the government of your ethnic ancestry country will decide you need to be a part of the Homeland. In times past, Poland, Hungary, Serbia and just about all other countries in Central and East Europe have invaded a neighbor or two in order to bring home their brothers and sisters living under Czech or Polish or Hungarian rule.

The last time Poland and the Czechs went to war over land where Poles lived was in 1919. Twenty years later, though, after Nazi Germany took part of Czechoslovakia, Poland grabbed the Zaolzie area, which included our Horni Sucha. Wikipedipa says Czechs “experienced discrimination,” and adds, “Citizenship was given only to Poles and long-term inhabitants. Many Czechs left the village.”

Polish occupation became German occupation in 1939. Under Communist rule, 1945-89, everything became “more stable,” Wikipedia says. All that nice Communist-induced stability changed in 1989, when the Russian Red Horde left Central and Eastern Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn%C3%AD_Such%C3%A1

Here is a link to a satellite image:

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.7950191,18.4801914,2187m/data=!3m1!1e3

Everything is nice and neat and all laid out properly, as benefits a Central Europe town.

Horni Sucha means “upper dry river.”