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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 10 Apr 2002, after image by Petr Exner;
flag adopted 3 Apr 1996
Number of inhabitants by 31.12. 2000: 2107. The first written trace
dated back to 1228. The village was founded by the Monastery of Velehrad.
The original name was Pieshc. About 1617 Bernart Lichnovský from Vo¹tice
bought the village from the Manor of Hluèín. In 1909 the village was given
a new name: Pyscht. In 1910 the village was renamed again: Sandau. On 14
March 1923 Pí¹» was incorporated into the newly established republic -
Czechoslovakia. In 1938 the village was occupied by the German Army. On
20 April 1945 Pí¹» was liberated.
Jarig Bakker, 21 Apr 2002.
![[Píst Coat of Arms]](../images/c/cz-op)pi.jpg)
image from Ralf Hartemink's
site.
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