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 | |
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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 | |
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 |
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]
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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.
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