Tyra is part of Silesia, which changed throughout history sovereignty from Prussia to the German Empire to Poland to Czechoslovakia and finally to Poland and Czech Republic and is situated in the far east of Czech Republic and South of Poland. Therefore it’s apparent how an own mixed dialect developed by the influence of German, Polish and Czech, called “po našemu” (Czech: “according us”), revealing also the proud of the people on their descent in songs and festivals in “po našemu”, which represent this feeling, this attitude being in this territory.
The village of Tyra is located in a u-shaped valley, surrounded by the hills of Moravian-Slesian Beskydy. Three summits form this deadlock, Javorovy (986 m), Kozinec (650 m), Ostry (1044 m). The altitude is about 500 m above sea-level.
Immediate behind the wreath of low mountains there are the borders of Poland and Slovakia, hence there is strong transit traffic at the near border checkpoints. Throughout this valley floats a small stream, called “Tyrka”, fed by the many springs of the afforested hillsides. The water is mainly used by the villagers for their water supply and daily use. This advantage frees a lot of Tyraner from water costs. Concerning this natural resource there is no worry about its quality, purity and even taste, which attracts tourists, drinking and stocking it. The relatively dense forests are everywhere around the village. There are mainly spruces, beeches, maples, birches and around river you can see mainly willows.
The prevailing stone is pale grey, slightly yellow sandstone, with almost a complete absence of inclusions it is still used for building house basements and for decoration of paths and walls. In history it was utilized by wealthy peasants for their main house, whereas the servants, animals, poorer families had to live in shakes.
