Rýmařov
| Rýmařov | |||
| Town | |||
 View of Rýmařov
|
|||
|
|||
| Country | Czech Republic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Bruntál | ||
| Commune | Rýmařov | ||
| Elevation | 555 m (1,821 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 49°56′N 17°16′E / 49.933°N 17.267°ECoordinates: 49°56′N 17°16′E / 49.933°N 17.267°E | ||
| Area | 60.7 km2 (23.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 9,038 (2006-07-03) | ||
| Density | 149/km2 (386/sq mi) | ||
| Founded | 1351 | ||
| Mayor | Petr Klouda | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 792 01 - 795 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
|
|||
  Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
|
|||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
|
Website: www |
|||
Rýmařov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈriːmar̝of]; German: Römerstadt) is a town in the Bruntál District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 8,609 as of 1 January 2012 of whom 4,237 were men and 4,372 were women with a median age in the city that was 41.5 years (men 39.8 years, women 43.1 years).
Until 1918, RÖMERSTADT was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district of the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia. The post-office was opened in June 1850, succeeding to that of JANOWITZ.
In December 1930, the town had 6,108 inhabitants.
In 1938, it was occupied by the Nazi army as one of the municipalities in Sudetenland.
On May 17, 1939, there were 5,859 inhabitants, and on May 22, 1947 there were 4,230 inhabitants. About 98% of the town's population were German-speaking. However, in execution of the Beneš decrees, the entire German population, with the exception of a few skilled workers, was forcibly deported to Germany and Austria in 1945. Today the town, renamed RÝMAŘOV, is overwhelmingly Czech-speaking.
The town includes the neighborhoods of:
Above the entrance there is a coat of arms from 1844, however by mistake it was incorrectly flipped, being that the "jumping wolf" should aim at the opposite direction. The heraldic emblem is binded with the legend of this evil wolf.
On the western part of the main square it is also worth noting the Plague Column from 1683 wirh the sculpture of the Virgin Mary by Francis Leblose of Olomouc with the coat of arms of Ditrichštejn and Hoffmannof Grunbuchl. It was erected at the expense of Maria Elisabeth Richtenstein in memory of the plague epidemic that struck Rýmařov in the 1680s. The statue underwent restoration in 1993.
...
Wikipedia