Krnov

Geobox | Settlement
name = Krnov
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category = Town

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image_caption = Town Hall

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country = Czech Republic
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state =
region = Moravian-Silesian
region_type = Region
district = Bruntál
district_type = District
commune = Krnov
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elevation = 316
lat_d = 50
lat_m = 5
lat_s = 26
lat_NS = N
long_d = 17
long_m = 41
long_s = 55
long_EW = E
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area = 44.29
area_round = 2
population = 25517
population_date = 2006
population_density = auto
established = 1221
established_type = Founded
mayor = Renata Ramazanová
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map_background = Czechia - background map.png map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
map_locator = Czechia
map1 = Moravian-Silesian Region - outline map.svg
map1_background =Moravian_Silesian_Region_-_background_map.png map1_caption = Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
map1_locator = Moravian-Silesian_Region
commons = Krnov
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/597520 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.krnov.cz/ www.krnov.cz]
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Krnov (IPA2|ˈkr̩nof; _de. Jägerndorf, new-Polish: "Krnów", old-Polish: "Karniów", _la. Carnovia) is an Upper Silesian city in the northeastern Czech Republic, in Moravian-Silesian Region, in the District of Bruntál, on the Opava River near the Polish border.

An industrial center, it manufactures textiles (especially woolens) and musical instruments (notably organs). It is a summer resort and a winter sport area. The city was founded in 1221 and served as the capital of an independent duchy from 1377 to 1523. Krnov has an 18th century castle and several churches and abbeys.

According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 16,681 inhabitants, 15,647 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 15,390 (98.4%) were German-speaking and 247 (1.5%) were Czech-speaking. Jews were not allowed to declare Yiddish, most of them thus declared the German language as their native. Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 15,290 (91.7%), followed by Protestants with 885 (5.3%) and the Jews with 459 (2.8%). [Ludwig Patryn (ed): " [http://www.kc-cieszyn.pl/biblioteka/strony/ramka.php?autor=Patryn&licz=1 Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien] ", Troppau 1912.]

People

* Jakob Bellak, textiles manufacturer
* Wilhelm Bellak, textiles manufacturer
* Radek Bonk, ice hockey player
* Hanns Cibulka, poet
* Alois Clupacek, textiles manufacturer
* Fritz Geiringer, textiles trader
* Josel of Rosheim
* Sigmund Langshur, professor
* Charles Fleischmann, inventor, distiller

Twin cities

* Pefki, Greece
* Głubczyce, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
* Karben, Hesse, Germany
* Mińsk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodship, Poland
* Prudnik, Opole Voivodship, Poland
* Saint-Égrève, Department Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
* Telšiai, Lithuania
* Yukon, Oklahoma, USA

References

External links

* [http://www.krnov.cz/ Municipal website (in Czech)]
* [http://www.krnovak.cz/ News from Krnov (in Czech)]
* [http://www.krnov.cz/language/en/index.shtml Old municipal website version in English]
* [http://english.krnov.cz New municipal website version in English]
* [http://www.krnov.mic.cz/ City information center (in Czech)]
* [http://www.jaegerndorf-sudetenland.de Sudeten German homeland district of Jägerndorf (in German)]
* [http://www.wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/whitebook/desg12.html Documents on the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from Jägerndorf]
* [http://www.krnovsko.eu/ www.krnovsko.eu Alter Jägerndorf (in Czech)]