Krnov
Town
Town Hall
Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Bruntál
Commune	Krnov
Elevation	316 m (1,037 ft)
Coordinates	50°5′26″N 17°41′55″E / 50.09056, 17.69861
Area	44. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Since January 1 2000 (according to Czech law # 129/2000 o krajích ( about Counties) replacing older paragraph 1/ 1993 in the Czech Constitution Moravian-Silesian Region (Moravskoslezský kraj or Moravo-Silesian Region, is an administrative unit ( kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the In 1960 Czechoslovakia was re-divided into Districts ( Okres, plural okresy) often without regard to traditional division and Bruntál District (Okres Bruntál is a district ( Okres) within Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 29 km² (17. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi)
Population	25,517 (2006)
Density	576 /km² (1,492 /sq mi)
Founded	1221
Mayor	Renata Ramazanová
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	120 61 - 794 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
Wikimedia Commons: Krnov
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.krnov.cz

Krnov (IPA: [ˈkr̩nof]; German: Jägerndorf, new-Polish: Krnów, old-Polish: Karniów, Latin: Carnovia) is an Upper Silesian city in the northeastern Czech Republic, in Moravian-Silesian Region, in the District of Bruntál, on the Opava River near the Polish border. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Upper Silesia (Horní Slezsko Oberschlesien Latin: Silesia Superior; Górny Śląsk Silesian: Gůrny Ślůnsk) is the southeastern part The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Moravian-Silesian Region (Moravskoslezský kraj or Moravo-Silesian Region, is an administrative unit ( kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the Bruntál (ˈbruntaːl Freudenthal Bruntal Latin: Vallis Gaudiorum, Vrudental) is a town located near the western boundary of Moravian-Silesian Region The Opava (Opava Opawa Oppa is a River in the north-eastern Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Oder river

An industrial center, it manufactures textiles (especially woolens) and musical instruments (notably organs). The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each It is a summer resort and a winter sport area. The city was founded in 1221 and served as the capital of an independent duchy from 1377 to 1523. Krnov has an 18th century castle and several churches and abbeys. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system

According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 16,681 inhabitants, 15,647 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 15,390 (98. 4%) were German-speaking and 247 (1. 5%) were Czech-speaking. Jews were not allowed to declare Yiddish, most of them thus declared the German language as their native. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 15,290 (91. 7%), followed by Protestants with 885 (5. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. 3%) and the Jews with 459 (2. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ 8%). ^[1]

People

• Jakob Bellak, textiles manufacturer
• Wilhelm Bellak, textiles manufacturer
• Radek Bonk, ice hockey player
• Hanns Cibulka, poet
• Alois Clupacek, textiles manufacturer
• Fritz Geiringer, textiles trader
• Josel of Rosheim
• Sigmund Langshur, professor

Twin cities

• Pefki, Greece
• Głubczyce, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
• Karben, Hesse, Germany
• Mińsk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodship, Poland
• Prudnik, Opole Voivodship, Poland
• Saint-Egrève, Department Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Telšiai, Lithuania
• Yukon, Oklahoma, USA

References

External links

• Municipal website (in Czech)
• News from Krnov (in Czech)
• Old municipal website version in English
• New municipal website version in English
• City information center (in Czech)
• Sudeten German homeland district of Jägerndorf (in German)
• www.krnovsko.eu Alter Jägerndorf (in Czech)