Žermanice Explained

Žermanice
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Moravian-Silesian
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Frýdek-Místek
Pushpin Map:Czech Republic
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates:49.7383°N 18.4428°W
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1450
Area Total Km2:3.43
Elevation M:268
Population As Of:2024-01-01
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:356
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:739 37

Žermanice is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Geography

Žermanice is located about 8km (05miles) northeast of Frýdek-Místek and 13km (08miles) southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the western part of the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The highest point is the hill U Třešně at 345m (1,132feet) above sea level.

The municipality is situated on the banks of the Lučina River and on the shore of Žermanice Reservoir, which was built in 1951–1957, but lies just outside the municipal territory.

Žermanický lom is a 2ha large wetland ecosystem protected as a nature monument, where several species of critically endangered plants grow.[2]

History

The village could have been founded by Benedictine monks from the Orlová monastery and was first mentioned in 1450 as Zilmanicze.[2] [3]

In 1461, it was owned by Jan Hunt of Kornice, the owner of neighbouring Horní Bludovice. In 1483, the village was inherited by his two sons. Before the end of the 15th century, it was bought by Jan Trnka of Racibórz, a tenant of Frýdek, who then bestowed the village upon the town.[2] Hence, as a property of Frýdek, it was as a special case a part of the Frýdek state country that was split from the Duchy of Teschen in 1573, which was a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia, since 1526 a part of the Habsburg monarchy. After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary, it became a part of Czechoslovakia.

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[4] The Chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was built in 1843–1848.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024. Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. Web site: Historie obce. Obec Žermanice. cs. 2022-06-30.
  3. Book: Panic, Idzi. Idzi Panic. Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528). Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528). Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. Cieszyn. 297–299, 308. pl. 978-83-935147-8-6. 2015.
  4. Web site: Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Žermanice. Ústřední seznam kulturních památek. National Heritage Institute. cs. 2024-07-15.