Starý Bohumín

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Starý Bohumín, lit. "Old Bohumín" (German: Alt Oderberg, Polish: Stary Bogumin) is a part of the town of Bohumín in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,534 (August 2009).[1]

History

The settlement was first mentioned in a written document in 1256 as Bogun[2] and is the oldest part of today's town of Bohumín. Starý Bohumín lies on the Oder River, which forms a border with Poland. Before the construction of the Bohumín-Košice railway line, local inhabitants opposed train station to be built in their town. The construction was moved a few kilometres southeastward, and Starý Bohumín gradually lost its importance.

After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the town became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively organised in Frysztat County of Silesian Voivodeship.[3] The town was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Population statistics of Bohumín
  2. ↑ Hosák et al. 1970, 84-85.
  3. ↑ "Ustawa z dnia 27 października 1938 r. o podziale administracyjnym i tymczasowej organizacji administracji na obszarze Ziem Odzyskanych Śląska Cieszyńskiego". Dziennik Ustaw Śląskich (in Polish) (Katowice). nr 18/1938, poz. 35. 31 October 1938. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

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Coordinates: 49°55′6.5″N 18°19′56″E / 49.918472°N 18.33222°E / 49.918472; 18.33222

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