Vítkov (Opava District)

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Location of Vítkov in the Czech Republic
Location of Vítkov in the Czech Republic

Vítkov (IPA: [ˈvi:tkof], German: Wigstadtl) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 6,200 inhabitants.

Villages Jelenice, Klokočov, Nové Těchanovice, Podhradí, Prostřední Dvůr, Lhotka and Zálužné are administrative parts of Vítkov.

According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 3,570 inhabitants, 3,547 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 3,544 (99.9%) were German-speaking. Most populous religious group were Roman Catholics with 3,513 (98.4%).[1]

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  1. ^ Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.

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Coordinates: 49°46′44″N, 17°45′22″E

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