Nový Malín

Nový Malín (until 1947 Frankštát, German: Frankstadt an der Mährischen Grenzbahn) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants.

Nový Malín
Municipality
Nový Malín seen from the east
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Nový Malín
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°56′34″N 17°1′55″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionOlomouc
DistrictŠumperk
First mentioned1350
Area
 • Total27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi)
Elevation
317 m (1,040 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
 • Total3,677
 • Density130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
788 03
Websitewww.novymalin.cz

Nový Malín lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Šumperk, 43 km (27 mi) north of Olomouc, and 188 km (117 mi) east of Prague.

Administrative parts

Villages of Mladoňov and Plechy are administrative parts of Nový Malín.

History

In 1947 the village was renamed, in the context of the removal of Germans from the German-originated Frankštát to Nový Malín (New Malín) in honor of Český Malín,[2] a Czech village in Volhynia (today's Ukraine) destroyed by Nazis (with the help of Poles (or Polish speakers)) just 4 years before with 374 Czechs being killed.[3] Several survivors from Český Malín also settled in Nový Malín.

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
  2. Czech Malin - Lidice of the Volhynian
  3. Three pitfalls of the Volhynia tragedy by Sviatoslav Lypovetsky, The Ukrainian Week (6 September 2018)


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