Mladkov

Mladkov
(Wichstadtl in German)
Settlement
Coat of arms
Country Czech Republic
Coordinates 50°5′N 16°37′E / 50.083°N 16.617°E / 50.083; 16.617Coordinates: 50°5′N 16°37′E / 50.083°N 16.617°E / 50.083; 16.617
Population 556
Location in the Czech Republic
Website: www.mladkov.cz

Mladkov (German: Wichstadtl) is a village in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The mayor is Teodor Šmok and the population is 556.

History

The village dates to the fourteenth century. By the sixteenth century it had a glassworks and in the nineteenth century was connected to towns by rails. As with the rest of Czechoslovakia the town was occupied by Nazi Germany in World War II. After the war the German population was driven out.

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