Nový Malín

Nový Malín until 1947 Frankštát ( German Frank town on the Moravian border railway ) is a municipality with 2892 inhabitants ( 28 August 2006) in the Czech Republic. It is located three kilometers southeast of Šumperk and belongs to the Okres Šumperk to. The land area is 1980 ha

Geography

Nový Malín extends at the fall of Rabenseifener mountain country ( Hraběšická Highlands ) to the left of the boiler Schönberger Teßtales along the creek Malínský. South-west rises the Malínský vrch (491 m) with the remains of the castle Frankštát. Through the town performs the railway line from Šumperk after Uničov and state highway 446 between Šumperk and Hrabišín. In the north are on community corridors of the airfield Šumperk ( LKSU ) and the location next to Dam Krasne, the creek is fed by Hraběšický.

Neighboring towns are Vikýřovice and Anenský Dvůr in the north, Krasne in the northeast, Mladoňov the southeast, Hrabišín in the south, Dlouhomilov the southwest, Třemešek and Dolni Studénky in the west and Plechy and Šumperk in the northwest.

History

The first mention of Mühldörfel dates from 1350, but since the 13th century, mining was carried on copper and silver in the area. The place that belonged to the lords of Frank city that had its headquarters on the eponymous castle, later designated as the Frank town and in 1398 called a patch. Frank made ​​the city at that time, the economic center of the domain Rabenstein. 1569 was the sale of the resort to the city Šumperk. During this time lost its meaning and since 1583, was Frank town than a village, which remained subservient to repealing patrimonial in 1850 by Moravian Schönberg.

In the second half of the 19th century, industrialization began. The building of the Moravian border railway from Moravian Schönberg to Olomouc in 1872 promoted this development. 1910 lived in Frank town 2320 people and 1930 there were 2307th After the Second World War, the German inhabitants were expelled and former soldiers from the burned and destroyed by the Germans village Český Malín (now Malyn in Rajon Mlyniw in the Oblast Rivne Ukraine ) in Volhynia, and other Wolhynientschechen, geldings, Slovaks and population settled in the area of Ostrava. 1947, the village name was changed to Frankštát Nový Malín. 1949 Nový Malín was incorporated as part of the enlargement of the city Šumperk and got back its independence in 1953. On March 1, 2003 Mladoňov, which was a district of Oskava until then was umgemeindet to Nový Malín.

Community structure

The municipality Nový Malín the districts include Mladoňov ( Bladensdorf ) and Plechy ( Plötsch )

Attractions

• Church of the Virgin of the Assumption
• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk