Rýmařov

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Rýmařov
Rýmařov coat of arms
Rýmařov (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Moravskoslezský kraj
District : Bruntál
Area : 6072.7935 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 56 '  N , 17 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '0 "  N , 17 ° 16' 21"  E
Height: 555  m nm
Residents : 8,247 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 792 01-795 01
traffic
Railway connection: Valšov – Rýmařov
structure
Status: city
Districts: 7th
administration
Mayor : Petr Klouda (as of 2006)
Address: náměstí Míru 1
795 01 Rýmařov
Municipality number: 597783
Website : www.rymarov.cz

Rýmařov (German Roman town ) is a town in the Okres Bruntál in the Moravian Moravskoslezský kraj ( Czech Republic ).

Geographical location

The city is located in the Sudetes in the valley of the Podolský brook ( Podolský potok ) between the mountain slopes of the Lower Jeseník ( Nízký Jeseník ) and Jeseníky Mountains ( Hrubý Jeseník ), about 50 km north of the city of Olomouc .

Roman city south of Breslau , west of Troppau and southwest of Freudenthal on a map from 1909

history

Street in the city center

It was first mentioned in writing in 1351. The town was raised in 1406. The main economic determinants for the town were gold and silver mining. After the deposits disappeared, linen weaving was the most important branch of industry by the 19th century at the latest.

On October 15, 1878, Römerstadt received a rail connection through the state railway between Kriegsdorf and Römerstadt . At the beginning of the 20th century, Römerstadt had an upper secondary school, a technical school for weaving, an agricultural winter school, various commercial operations and was the seat of a district court.

The political district Rýmařov came in 1938 after the Munich agreement as a county römerstadt the administrative district of Opava the Reichsgau Sudetenland the German Reich .

After the end of World War II , Roman city came back to Czechoslovakia. The German population - with the exception of a few skilled workers from industrial companies - was expelled .

Demographics

Population development until 1945
year Residents Remarks
1834 2,887 German residents (all Catholics with the exception of six Evangelicals)
1869 5,014 with the suburb of Harrachsdorf
1900 4,762 German residents
1930 5,837 175 of them are Czechs
1933 6,108 Municipal boundaries from 1939
1939 5,858

On May 22, 1947, Römerstadt had 4,230 inhabitants.,

mayor

  • 1896–1899: Hermann Franke
  • 1899–1903: Adolf Steffan
  • 1903–1907: Leopold Rösner
  • 1907–1907: Alois Kutschker
  • 1907–1910: Josef Rücker
  • 1910-1919: Max Springer
  • 1919–1922: Albin Oppler
  • 1922–1938: Viktor Habermann
  • 1938–1942: Gröger
  • 1942–1945: Karl Klos
  • 1946–1947: Ladislav Dragoun
  • 1947–1948: Antonín Malínek
  • 1948–1949: Josef Študent
  • 1949: Richard Plesník
  • 1949–1951: Jaroslav Vávra
  • 1951–1952: Jaroslav Crhonek
  • 1952–1954: Ondřej Rozbroj
  • 1954–1957: Vladimír Liebars
  • 1957–1960: Jaroslav Crhonek
  • 1960–1970: Karel Sklenář
  • 1970–1985: Jiří Toman
  • 1985–1989: Oldřich Vaníček
  • 1989–1994: Miroslav Slováček
  • 1994–2002: Pavel Kolář
  • since 2002: Petr Klouda

City structure

The town of Rýmařov consists of the districts Edrovice ( Edersdorf ), Harrachov ( Harrachsdorf ), Jamartice ( Irmsdorf ), Janovice ( Janowitz ), Ondřejov ( Andersdorf ), Rýmařov ( Roman town ) and Stránské ( Zechitz ). Basic settlement units are 8. května, Edrovice, Harrachov, Harrachovský kopec, Holý vrch, Jamartice, Janovice, Janovický les, Janušov ( Johnsdorf ), Mlýnský vrch, Na stráni, Ondřejov, Pod Novopolským potova, Sýedokolským potokem, Rudéma armáalkády, Rórdovády , Stráň, Stránské, U nemocnice and Žižkova.

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Edrovice, Jamartice, Janovice u Rýmařova, Janušov, Ondřejov u Rýmařova, Rýmařov and Stránské.

Attractions

  • Parish church
  • Filialkirche (called the Lindenkirche)
  • Rectory (built in renaissance style)
  • town hall
  • historical central station - technical monument
  • Janovice Castle
  • several baroque statues

The historic center has been a listed building (památková zóna) since 2003, although it has been significantly redesigned in recent decades. The city experienced the hardest times between 1955 and 1974, when many town houses on the market square and two churches were demolished. After 1989 the historical sights began to be restored. There is a local museum on the market square.

tourism

The Eisenach – Budapest hiking trail runs through Rýmařov .

Twin cities

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Gregor Wolny : The Margraviate of Moravia. Described topographically, statistically and historically . Volume 5: Ölmützer Kreis . 2nd edition, Brno 1846, pp. 464–468.
  • Jan Šícha, Eva Habel, Peter Liebald, Gudrun Heissig: Odsun. The expulsion of the Sudeten Germans. Documentation on the causes, planning and realization of an "ethnic cleansing" in the middle of Europe in 1945/46. Sudeten German Archive, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-930626-08-X .

Web links

Commons : Rýmařov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/597783/Rymarov
  2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  3. ↑ a b Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon . 6th edition, Volume 17, Leipzig and Vienna 1909, p. 99.
  4. ^ Gregor Wolny : The Margraviate of Moravia. Described topographically, statistically and historically . Volume 5: Ölmützer Kreis . 2nd edition, Brno 1846, pp. 464–468.
  5. ^ KK Statistische Central-Commission: Statistische Jahrbuch for the year 1873 . Vienna 1876, p. 17.
  6. ↑ a b c Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. District Römerstadt (Czech. Rymarov). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  7. ^ Rudolf Hemmerle : Sudetenland Lexikon Volume 4, page 374. Adam Kraft Verlag, 1985. ISBN 3-8083-1163-0 .
  8. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/597783/Obec-Rymarov
  9. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/597783/Obec-Rymarov
  10. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/597783/Obec-Rymarov