Hrčava

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Hrčava (Polish: Herczawa, German: Hertschawa) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has 255 inhabitants (2006). It is the second easternmost village of the country (after Bukovec), lying near the borders with Poland and Slovakia. In 2001 census six people (2% of the inhabitants) declared Polish nationality.

It is situated on the foothills of the Silesian Beskids mountain range, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The municipality of Hrčava is wedged between Poland and Slovakia (CZ-PL-SK border tripoint).

In this village, people are concentrated in the settlement centre. Traditional buildings, regional costumes, local dialect, traditions and customs are typical of Hrčava. In the village there is a typical wooden church (Czech: kostel sv.Cyrila a Metoděje) built in 1936.