Starý Bohumín, lit. "Old Bohumín" (German: Alt Oderberg, Polish: Stary Bogumin) is a part of the town of Bohumín in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,534 (August 2009).[1]
The settlement was first mentioned in a written document in 1256 as Bogun[2] and is the oldest part of todays town of Bohumín. Starý Bohumín lies on the Oder River, which forms a border with Poland. Before the construction of the Bohumín-Košice railway line, local inhabitants opposed train station to be built in their town. The construction was moved a few kilometres southeastward, and Starý Bohumín gradually lost its importance.
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