Mladkov
Mladkov
(Wichstadtl in German) | |
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Market town | |
 Church of Saint John the Baptist | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Mladkov Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°5′N 16°37′E / 50.083°N 16.617°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Pardubice |
| District | Ústí nad Orlicí |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 525 |
| Website | www.mladkov.cz |
Mladkov (German: Wichstadtl) is a market town in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The mayor is Teodor Šmok and the population is 556.
History
The market town dates to the fourteenth century. By the sixteenth century it had a glassworks and in the nineteenth century was connected to towns by rail. The town, as part of German-settled Sudetenland, was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. After the war the German population was driven out.
Notable natives
- Gudrun Pausewang - German children's writer
External links
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