Horní Lomná (help·info) (Polish: Łomna Górna, German: Ober Lomna) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Horní Lomná Łomna Górna
Municipality
Municipal office
Flag Coat of arms
Horní Lomná Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°31′40″N 18°38′14″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1690
Government
• Mayor	Kamil Kawulok
Area
• Total	24.70 km2 (9.54 sq mi)
Elevation	595 m (1,952 ft)
Population  (2022-01-01)[1]
• Total	356
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 91
Website	hornilomna.eu

Polish minority makes up 17.6% of the population.[2]

Etymology

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

Geography

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

Horní Lomná lies in the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area. There also several small-scale protected areas, the most notable is the Mionší National Nature Reserve, which is among the largest old-growth forests in the Czech Republic.[4]

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 and a part of the Habsburg monarchy.[3][5]

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 524 in 1890 to 624 in 1910. In 1910 the majority of the inhabitants were native Polish-speakers (97.9%) accompanied by a Czech-speaking minority (11 or 1.8%) and German-speakers (2 people). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics (95.5%), followed by Protestants (28 or 4.5%).[6]

After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, it 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.[7] 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 Horní Lomná was an administrative part of Jablunkov.[8]

Sights

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1894–1896.[9]

References

External links

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• Official website (in Czech)

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