Mladkov
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.
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 | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Pardubice |
| District | Ústí nad Orlicí |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 525 |
| Website | www.mladkov.cz |
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
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