Žermanice

Village

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in the Czech Republic

Coordinates: 49°44′6″N 18°26′51″E / 49.73500°N 18.44750°ECoordinates: 49°44′6″N 18°26′51″E / 49.73500°N 18.44750°E

First mentioned

1450

Government

• Mayor

Světlana Šipulová

Area

• Total

3.42 km² (1.32 sq mi)

Elevation

268 m (879 ft)

Population (2006)

• Total

240

• Density

70/km² (180/sq mi)

Postal code

739 37

Website

www.obeczermanice.cz

Žermanice is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 240 (2006 est.). It lies on the shore of Žermanice Dam, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The village could have been founded by Benedictine monks from an Orlová abbey and was first mentioned in 1450 as Zilmanicze.

Politically the village belonged to the Duchy of Teschen, which was since 1327 a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1461 it was privately owned by Jan Hunt of Kornice, the owner of Horní Bludovice. In 1481 the village was inherited by his two sons. Before the end of the 15th century it was bought by Jan Trnko of Racibórz, a tenant of Frýdek, who then bestowed the village upon the town. 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.

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