Staré Město pod Sněžníkem
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Olomoucký kraj | ||||
| District : | Šumperk | ||||
| Area : | 8630 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 10 ' N , 16 ° 57' E | ||||
| Height: | 538 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,726 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 788 32 | ||||
| License plate : | M. | ||||
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| Railway connection: | Hanušovice – Staré Město | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 5 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jiří Kamp (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | nám. Osvobození 166 788 32 Staré Město pod Sněžníkem |
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| Municipality number: | 541079 | ||||
| Website : | www.mu-staremesto.cz | ||||
Staré Město , also Staré Město pod Sněžníkem (German Moravian old town , formerly Goldeck , Latin Antiqua Triboia ) is a Czech town with 1,739 inhabitants in Okres Šumperk .
geography
Geographical location
The city is located in the northwest of Moravia in the valley of the Krupá ( Graupa ), which forms the old town-Goldensteiner Kessel, surrounded by the mountains of the Glatzer Schneegebirge , Bielengebirge and Jeseníky Mountains . The Spieglitzer Schneeberg rises 12 km northwest of the city .
Local division
The town of Staré Město pod Sněžníkem consists of the districts Chrastice ( Kratzdorf ), Kunčice ( Kunzendorf ), Nová Seninka ( Spieglitz ), Staré Město ( Moravian old town ) and Stříbrnice ( Stubenseifen ) as well as the settlements Hynčice pod Sušinür ( Heinzendorf under ) , Květná ( Blumenbach ), Malé Vrbno ( Kleinwürben ), Štěpánov ( Stiepanau ) and Velké Vrbno ( Großwürben ).
history
The town of Goldeck was founded in the 13th century and got its name from the rich silver and gold mining in the Middle Ages. In 1336 Goldeck was elevated to a royal mountain town . The precious metals extracted in Goldeck were processed into coins in Prague and Kuttenberg . In 1423 the Hussites conquered the city; it became a stronghold of Protestantism. Since the beginning of the 15th century the city was called the Old City , at the same time the Czech equivalent Staré Město was created .
Mining became less and less important and the deposits were exhausted. In the 19th century only graphite was mined. In 1905 Mährisch Altstadt received a railway connection from Hannsdorf through the Hannsdorf – Mährisch Altstadt local railway.
Moravian old town used to be predominantly German populated. After the Munich Agreement , Mährisch Altstadt was integrated into the German Empire and until 1945 belonged to the district of Mährisch Schönberg , district of Opava , in the Reichsgau Sudetenland . In 1945/46 the majority of the German-Bohemian inhabitants were expelled .
There are hardly any industrial settlements in the city, it is a popular resort, the surroundings of which offer numerous hiking opportunities. The center of the city is formed by a large town square, in the middle of which is the town hall from the Renaissance period .
Population development
| year | Residents | Remarks |
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| 1834 | 1,334 | in 216 houses |
| 1900 | 2.117 | German residents |
| 1930 | 2,274 | |
| 1939 | 2,250 |
Town twinning
- Stronie Śląskie , Poland
sons and daughters of the town
- Moritz Alois Ritter von Becker (* May 21, 1812; † August 22, 1887 in Lienz), educator and director of the royal. Family Fideikomißbibliothek
- Herbert Gröger (born September 16, 1936), author
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ^ Gregor Wolny : The Margraviate of Moravia . Volume V: Olomouc District , Brno 1839, p. 334.
- ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon . 6th edition, Volume 1, Leipzig and Vienna 1905, p. 395, Altstadt 1) .
- ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Mährisch Schönberg district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
