Klimkovice | |
|---|---|
Town | |
) Town square | |
) Flag ) Coat of arms | |
)  Klimkovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′17″N 18°7′33″E / 49.78806°N 18.12583°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Ostrava-City |
| First mentioned | 1373 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jaroslav Varga |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.42 km2 (0.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2020-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 4,495 |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 742 83 |
| Website | www |
Klimkovice (German: Königsberg in Schlesien) is a town in Ostrava-City District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has sbout 4,500 inhabitants.
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 player and coach
Twin towns – sister cities
Klimkovice is twinned with:[3]
Mikołów, Poland
Ilava, Slovakia
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
- ^ 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 2020-09-22.
External links
- (in Czech) Official website