Dolní Lomná (help·info) (Polish: Łomna Dolna, German: Nieder Lomna) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Dolní Lomná Łomna Dolna
Municipality
Museum and Polish elementary school
Flag Coat of arms
Dolní Lomná Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°32′52″N 18°42′22″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1684
Government
• Mayor	Renata Pavlinová
Area
• Total	26.99 km2 (10.42 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population  (2022-01-01)[1]
• Total	927
• Density	34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 91
Website	www.dolnilomna.eu

Polish minority makes up 18.8% of the population.[2]

Etymology

The name is borrowed from an older name of the Lomná River (mentioned in 1592 as Lomny), which itself is derived from the word lom ("turn", "bend").[3]

Geography

Dolní Lomná lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It is situated in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range and in the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area. The municipal territory borders Slovakia on the south. The Lomná River flows through the municipality.

History

The settlement on the territory of the village in the Lomná river valley in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids began in the middle of the 17th century. The village was first mentioned in 1684 as Lomna. It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia.[3][4]

After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. Lomna as a single municipality was subscribed to the political district of Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov. In 1873 two separate settlements were recognised: Dolní Lomná (as Dolny Lomna) and Horní Lomná as (Wrchny Lomna). They were divided into two separate municipalities on 1 January 1890. According to the censuses conducted in 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 857 in 1890 to 912 in 1910. In 1910 the majority of the inhabitants were native Polish-speakers (95.1%) accompanied by a German-speaking minority (32 or 3.5%) and Czech-speaking people (13 or 1.4%). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics (82.5%), followed by Protestants (17.3%) and Jews (2 people).[5]

After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, Dolní Lomná became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship.[6] It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

From 1980 to 1990 Dolní Lomná was an administrative part of Jablunkov.[7]

Gallery

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  Local museum
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  Czech elementary school
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  Monument dedicated to local victims of World War I

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dolní Lomná.

• Official website (in Czech)