Lomnice nad Popelkou
Lomnice nad Popelkou is a town in the Czech Republic, in the Liberec region.History
Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy, in the Semily - Semil district, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.
The stamp shows Franz-Jozef I with the town name until 1896 LOMNITZ BEI GITSCHIN. Various bilingual names were used before 1900:
- LOMNITZ b. JICIN - LOMNICE u JICINA
- LOMNICE v JICINSKU - LOMNIC JICINERKREIS
- LOMNICE NAD POPELKOU - LOMNITZ A.D. POPELKA
- František Doubravský, choirmaster, organist and composer
- František Jiránek, composer, pupil of Antonio Vivaldi
- Karel Kodejška, ski jumper
- Roman Koudelka, ski jumper, represents the Lomnice nad Popelkou ski club.
- Čestmír Kožíšek, ski jumper, represents the Lomnice nad Popelkou ski club.
- Hugó Meltzl, professor at University of Cluj and a founder of the field of comparative literature
