Krmelín is a municipality and village in
Frýdek-Místek District
Frýdek-Místek District () is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Frýdek-Místek.
Administrative division
Frýdek-Místek District is divided into four administrative districts of munici ...
in the
Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. It has about 2,400 inhabitants.
Geography
Krmelín is located about northwest of
Frýdek-Místek
Frýdek-Místek (, ; ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 54,000 inhabitants. The historic centres of both Frýdek and Místek are well preserved and are protected as two Cultural monument (Czech Republic) ...
and south of
Ostrava
Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...
. It lies on the border between the
Moravian Gate
The Moravian Gate (, , , ) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland. It is formed by the depression between the Carpathian Mountains in the east and the Sudetes in the west. ...
and
Moravian-Silesian Foothills
Moravian-Silesian Foothills () are foothills and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic.
Geomorphology
The Moravian-Silesian Foothills is a mesoregion of the Western Beskidian Foothills macroregion within the Outer Western Carpath ...
. The highest point is the hill Krmelínský kopec at above sea level.
History
The first written mention of Krmelín is from 1447.
Demographics
Transport
The I/58 road from Ostrava to
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; ) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants.
Geography
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is located about northeast of Vsetín and south of Ostrava. It lies in the ...
passes through the municipality.
Sights
The only protected cultural monuments are two stone crosses from the years 1858 and 1868.
The main landmark of Krmelín is the Church of Saints John and Paul. Originally built as a chapel, its construction was finished in 1900.
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Notable people
*Vítězslav Mácha
Vítězslav Mácha (6 April 1948 – 29 May 2023) was a Czech wrestler.
Mácha was born in Krmelín on 6 April 1948. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1972, competing for Czechoslovakia. He won a gold medal at th ...
(1948–2023), wrestler, Olympic winner
References
External links
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Villages in Frýdek-Místek District