Klimkovice
Klimkovice | |
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Town | |
 Town square | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Klimkovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′17″N 18°7′33″E / 49.78806°N 18.12583°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Ostrava-City |
| First mentioned | 1373 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jaroslav Varga |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.423 km2 (0.549 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 4,468 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 742 83 |
| Website | www.mesto-klimkovice.cz |
Klimkovice (German: Königsberg in Schlesien) is a town in Ostrava-City District, in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of around 4,500 inhabitants.
History
Klimkovice was first mentioned in 1373. In 1766 was in Klimkovice discovered presence of hard coal in the Moravian-Silesian Region.
According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 2,696 inhabitants, 2,677 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 2,442 (91.2%) were Czech-speaking and 227 (8.5%) were German-speaking. Most populous religious group were Roman Catholics with 2,653 (98.4%).[2]
Notable people
- Vladimír Vůjtek (born 1947), ice hockey coach and former player
Twin towns — sister cities
Klimkovice is twinned with:[3]
References
- ^ "Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.
- ^ "Partnerská města". mesto-klimkovice.cz (in Czech). Město Klimkovice. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
External links
- (in Czech) Official website
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