Lomnice nad Popelkou
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Template:Geobox Lomnice nad Popelkou is a town in the Czech Republic, in the Liberec region.
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Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the SEMILY - SEMIL district, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.[1]
The stamp shows Franz-Jozef I with the town name until 1896 LOMNITZ BEI GITSCHIN. Various bilingual names were used before 1900:
- LOMNITZ b.JICIN - LOMNICE u JICINA
- LOMNICE v JICINSKU - LOMNIC JICINERKREIS
- LOMNICE NAD POPELKOU - LOMNITZ A.D. POPELKA[2]
People from Lomnice nad Popelkou
- František Doubravský, choirmaster, organist and composer
- Karel Kodejška, ski jumper
- Cestmir Kozisek, ski jumper
- Roman Koudelka, ski jumper, represents the Lomnice nad Popelkou ski club.
- Hugó Meltzl, professor at University of Cluj and a founder of the field of comparative literature
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