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Area:	44.3 km²
Population:	25,618 (2003)
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Krnov (read "kûr´nôf" in Czech, German: Jägerndorf, new-Polish: Krnów, old-Polish: Karniów, Latin: Carnovia) is an Upper Silesian city in the northeastern Czech Republic, in Moravian-Silesian Region, in the District of Bruntál, on the Opava River near the Polish border. This article lists sources for statistics about Czech Republic. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Image File history File links Location_of_Czech_city_Krnov. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Upper Silesia (Polish: Górny ÅšlÄ…sk, German: Oberschlesien, Czech: Horní Slezsko) is the south-eastern part of Silesia, a historical and geographical region of Poland (Opole Voivodship and Silesian Voivodship) and of the Czech Republic (Silesian-Moravian Region). ... Moravian-Silesian Region (in Czech Moravskoslezský kraj) is an administrative unit (kraj) of the Czech Republic, located it the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most of the Czech part of the historical region of Silesia. ... Bruntál (-Czech, German: Freudenthal, Polish: Bruntal) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. ... Opava (Polish: Opawa, German: Oppa) is a river in the north-eastern Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Oder river. ...

An industrial center, it manufactures textiles (especially woolens) and musical instruments (notably organs). It is a summer resort and a winter sports area. The city was founded in 1221 and served as the capital of an independent duchy from 1377 to 1523. Krnov has an 18th century castle and several fine churches and abbeys. The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montr̩al Basilica, Montreal The organ is a keyboard instrument with one or more manuals, and usually a pedalboard. ... Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s Years: 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 - 1221 - 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 See also: 1221 state leaders Events May 13 - End of the reign of Emperor Juntoku of Japan Emperor Chukyo... Events January 17 РGregory XI enters Rome. ... Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

People

• Radek Bonk, hockey player
• Joachim Friedrich
• Josel of Rosheim
• Hanns Cibulka, poet

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Twin cities

• Pefki, Greece
• Głubczyce, Opole Voivodship, Poland
• Karben, Wetterau-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Mińsk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodship, Poland
• Prudnik, Opole Voivodship, Poland
• Saint-Egrève, Department Isère, Region Rhône-Alpes, France
• Telšiai, Lithuania
• Yukon, Oklahoma, USA

Pefki or Pevki (Greek: Πεύκη meaning pine), is a suburb in the east northern part of Athens, Greece. ... GÅ‚ubczyce (Czech: Hlubčice, German: Leobschütz) is a town in Poland, on the border with Czech Republic. ... Karben is a town in Hessen (Hesse),Germany. ... CoA of MiÅ„sk Mazowiecki MiÅ„sk Mazowiecki (help· info) is a town in central Poland with 36,791 inhabitants (31. ... Prudnik (German: ) is a town in south-western Poland with 24,000 inhabitants (2003), situated in the Opole Voivodship. ... Isère is a département in the east of France named after the Isère River. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County TelÅ¡iai County Municipality TelÅ¡iai district municipality Elderate TelÅ¡iai town elderate Number of elderates Coordinates {{{coordinates}}} General information Capital of Samogitia (unofficial) TelÅ¡iai County TelÅ¡iai district municipality TelÅ¡iai town elderate TelÅ¡iai rural elderate Population (rank) 31,460 in 2001... Yukon is a suburban city located in Canadian County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...

External links

• Municipal website (in Czech)
• Old municipal website version in English
• New municipal website version in English
• City information center (in Czech)
• Sudeten German homeland district of Jägerndorf (in German)