Klimkovice


Klimkovice is a town in Ostrava-City District, in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of around 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 were Czech-speaking and 227 were German-speaking. Most populous religious group were Roman Catholics with 2,653.

Notable people

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