Starý Bohumín
Municipal part of Bohumín in Czech Republic
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Starý Bohumín (German: Alt Oderberg, Polish: Stary Bogumin, lit. 'Old Bohumín') is a municipal part of the town of Bohumín in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,346 as of 2024.[1]
Starý Bohumín | |
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Town square in 1913 | |
 Interactive map of Starý Bohumín | |
| Coordinates: 49°55′08″N 18°19′59″E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Karviná |
| Municipality | Bohumín |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.91 km2 (1.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 1,346 |
| • Density | 274/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 735 81 |
History
The settlement was first mentioned in a written document in 1256 as Bogun[2] and is the oldest part of today's 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.
After World War I, fall of Austria-Hungary, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the town became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively organised in Frysztat County of Silesian Voivodeship.[3] The town was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.
