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KRNOV







'Statistics'
Area: 44.3 km²
Population: 25,618 ''(2003)''
'Map'
Map of the Czech Republic highlighting Krnov

'Krnov' (; German: ''Jägerndorf'', new-Polish: ''Krnów'', old-Polish: ''Karniów'', Latin: ''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 sports 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 fine churches and abbeys.

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People
Twin cities
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People



Radek Bonk, hockey player

Joachim Friedrich

Josel of Rosheim

Hanns Cibulka, poet

Siegfried Gessler, liquer manufacturer "ALTVATER"

Sigmund Langshur, professor

Jakob Bellak, textiles manufacturer

Wilhelm Bellak, textiles manufacturer

Alois Clupacek, textiles manufacturer

Fritz Geiringer, textiles trader

Twin cities



Pefki, Greece

Głubczyce, Opole Voivodship, Poland

Karben, Wetterau-Kreis, Hesse, Germany

Mińsk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodship, Poland

Prudnik, Opole Voivodship, Poland

Saint-Egrève, Department Isère, Region Rhône-Alpes, France

Telšiai, Lithuania

Yukon, Oklahoma, USA

External links



Municipal website (in Czech)

Old municipal website version in English

New municipal website version in English

City information center (in Czech)

Sudeten German homeland district of Jägerndorf (in German)

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