Krmelín is a municipality and village in

Frýdek-Místek District Frýdek-Místek District ( cs, okres Frýdek-Místek, pl, powiat Frydek-Mistek) is a district ('' okres'') within the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative centre is the city of Frýdek-Místek. It was created by a ref ...

in the

Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region ( cs, Moravskoslezský kraj; pl, Kraj morawsko-śląski; sk, Moravsko-sliezsky kraj) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region ( cs, Ostravský ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.

History

The first written mention of Krmelín is from 1447.

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 t ...

(1948–2023), wrestler, Olympic winner

References

External links

* Villages in Frýdek-Místek District {{MoraviaSilesia-geo-stub