Klimkovice

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.

Klimkovice
Town
Town square
Flag
Coat of arms
Klimkovice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°47′17″N 18°7′33″E
CountryCzech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictOstrava-City
First mentioned1373
Government
 • MayorJaroslav Varga
Area
 • Total1.423 km2 (0.549 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-01-01[1])
 • Total4,468
 • Density3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
742 83
Websitewww.mesto-klimkovice.cz

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

Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Klimkovice is twinned with:[3]

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References
  1. "Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  2. Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.
  3. "Partnerská města". mesto-klimkovice.cz (in Czech). Město Klimkovice. Retrieved 2019-09-08.



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