Žermanice

Žermanice
Municipality
Lučina River in Žermanice
Flag Coat of arms
Žermanice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°44′18″N 18°26′34″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1450
Area
• Total	3.43 km^2 (1.32 sq mi)
Elevation	268 m (879 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	356
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 37
Website	www.obeczermanice.cz

Žermanice is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Geography

Žermanice is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of Frýdek-Místek and 13 km (8 mi) southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the western part of the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The highest point is the hill U Třešně at 345 m (1,132 ft) above sea level.

The municipality is situated on the banks of the Lučina River and on the shore of Žermanice Reservoir, which was built in 1951–1957, but lies just outside the municipal territory.

Žermanický lom is a 2 ha (5 acres) large wetland ecosystem protected as a nature monument, where several species of critically endangered plants grow.^[2]

History

The village could have been founded by Benedictine monks from the Orlová monastery and was first mentioned in 1450 as Zilmanicze.^[2][3]

In 1461, it was owned by Jan Hunt of Kornice, the owner of neighbouring Horní Bludovice. In 1483, the village was inherited by his two sons. Before the end of the 15th century, it was bought by Jan Trnka of Racibórz, a tenant of Frýdek, who then bestowed the village upon the town.^[2] Hence, as a property of Frýdek, it was as a special case a part of the Frýdek state country that was split from the Duchy of Teschen in 1573, which was a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia, since 1526 a part of the Habsburg monarchy. After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary, it became a part of Czechoslovakia.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 324 —     1880 293 −9.6% 1890 320 +9.2% 1900 312 −2.5% 1910 261 −16.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 278 +6.5% 1930 309 +11.2% 1950 244 −21.0% 1961 257 +5.3% 1970 234 −8.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 210 −10.3% 1991 206 −1.9% 2001 215 +4.4% 2011 287 +33.5% 2021 357 +24.4%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.^[6] The Chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was built in 1843–1848.^[2]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Žermanice. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
3. Panic, Idzi (2015). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (PDF) (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. pp. 297–299, 308. ISBN 978-83-935147-8-6.
4. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
5. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
6. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Žermanice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-15.

External links

• Official website