Krnov
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Bruntál | ||
| Commune | Krnov | ||
| Elevation | 316 m (1,037 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 50°5′26″N 17°41′55″E / 50.09056°N 17.69861°E | ||
| Area | 44.29 km2 (17.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 25,517 (2006) | ||
| Density | 576 / km2 (1,492 / sq mi) | ||
| Founded | 1221 | ||
| Mayor | Renata Ramazanová | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 120 61 - 794 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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  Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
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| Wikimedia Commons: Krnov | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.krnov.cz | |||
Krnov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkr̩nof]; German: Jägerndorf, new-Polish: Krnów, old-Polish: Karniów, Latin: Carnovia) is an Upper Silesian city in the northeastern Czech Republic, in the Moravian-Silesian Region, the District of Bruntál, on the Opava River, near the Polish border.
An industrial center, it manufactures textiles (especially woolens) and musical instruments (notably organs). It is a summer resort and a winter sport area. The city was founded in 1221 and served as the capital of an independent duchy from 1377 to 1523. Krnov has an 18th century castle and several churches and abbeys.
According to the Austrian census of 1910, the town had 16,681 inhabitants, 15,647 of whom had permanent residence there. The census had asked people for their native language; 15,390 (98.4%) were German-speaking and 247 (1.5%) were Czech-speaking. Jews were not allowed to declare Yiddish, thus most of them declared German as their native language. Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 15,290 (91.7%), followed by Protestants with 885 (5.3%) and the Jews with 459 (2.8%).[1]
The Krnov Synagogue is one of the few large synagogues to have survived the Nazi occupation of Europe.
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[edit] People
- Franz Rieger, pipe organ builder, founder of famous Pipe organ workshop
- Josef Kloss, pipe organ builder
- Jakob Bellak, textiles manufacturer
- Joseph Arbter, lawyer, rector of Lviv University and University of Graz
- Wilhelm Bellak, textiles manufacturer
- Radek Bonk, ice hockey player
- Hanns Cibulka, poet
- Alois Chlupacek, textiles manufacturer
- Fritz Geiringer, textile trader
- Josel of Rosheim
- Sigmund Langshur, professor
- Charles Fleischmann, inventor, distiller
- Leon Koudelak, guitarist
[edit] Twin cities
Głubczyce, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
Karben, Hesse, Germany- Mińsk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodship, Poland
Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine,
Pefki, Attica, Greece
Povegliano Veronese, Veneto, Italy- Prudnik, Opole Voivodship, Poland
Rajec, Žilina Region, Slovakia
Saint-Égrève, Department Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
Telšiai, Lithuania
Yukon, Oklahoma, USA
[edit] References
- ^ Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.
[edit] External links
- Municipal website (in Czech)
- News from Krnov (in Czech)
- Old municipal website version in English
- New municipal website version in English
- City information center (in Czech)
- Sudeten German homeland district of Jägerndorf (in German)
- Documents on the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from Jägerndorf
- www.krnovsko.eu Alter Jägerndorf (in Czech)
- Catholic priests protest against ultra-right party in Krnov, June 13, 2011
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