Fulnek

Town

Fulnek Castle

Flag	Coat of arms

Country

Region

District

Commune

Municipality

Elevation

258 m (846 ft)

Coordinates

49°43′N 17°55′E / 49.717°N 17.917°ECoordinates: 49°43′N 17°55′E / 49.717°N 17.917°E

Area

68.46 km² (26.43 sq mi)

Population

5,921 (Dec2011)

Density

86 / km² (223 / sq mi)

First mentioned

1293

Mayor

Jana Mocová

Timezone

CET (UTC+1)

- summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

742 45

NUTS

CZ0804 599352

Location in the Czech Republic

Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region

Statistics: statnisprava.cz

Website: www.fulnek.cz

Fulnek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfulnɛk]; German: Fulnek) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, about 30 km south from Opava.

History

Until 1918, FULNEK was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the NEUTITSCHEIN - NOVÝ JIČÍN district, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.^[1]

Austrian KK 5 kr stamp, German cancelled FULNEK in 1886

In 1938, it was occupied by the Nazi army as one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. The German-speaking population was expelled in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees) and replaced by Czech settlers.

People

People from Fulnek include:

John Amos Comenius (1592-1670), bishop and "Father of Modern Education" served as pastor of the Unitas Fratrum in Fulnek
Leopold Ritter von Dittel (1815 - 1898), urologist, worked in Austria
August Gödrich (1859 - 1942), athlete, worked in Germany
Arthur Grünberger (born 1882), architect, worked in Austria
Johann Leopold von Hay (1735–1794), Bishop of Hradec Králové
Franz Konwitschny, musician
Anna Nitschmann (1715-1760), a Moravian missionary and poet
Johann Joseph Thalherr (c.1730 - 1807), architect, worked in Austria, Hungary
Petra Kvitová, tennis player, 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon Champion
Ignác Raab