Dolní Životice

Dolní Životice
Municipality
Chapel in Hertice
Flag Coat of arms
Dolní Životice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°53′50″N 17°46′47″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Opava
First mentioned	1320
Area
• Total	11.26 km^2 (4.35 sq mi)
Elevation	299 m (981 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,049
• Density	93/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	747 56
Website	www.dolnizivotice.cz

Dolní Životice (German: Schönstein) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Hertice is an administrative part of Dolní Životice.

History

The first written mention of Dolní Životice is from 1320. The first written mention of Hertice is from 1251.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	938	—
1880	937	−0.1%
1890	966	+3.1%
1900	970	+0.4%
1910	949	−2.2%
1921	1,067	+12.4%
1930	972	−8.9%
1950	837	−13.9%
1961	971	+16.0%
1970	877	−9.7%
1980	871	−0.7%
1991	871	+0.0%
2001	1,107	+27.1%
2011	1,090	−1.5%
2021	1,033	−5.2%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Dolní Životice. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links

• Official website