Mankovice

Municipality in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

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49°38′15″N 17°52′49″E / 49.63750°N 17.88028°E / 49.63750; 17.88028Country

Czech RepublicRegionMoravian-SilesianDistrict Nový JičínFirst mentioned1374Area

• Total10.12 km² (3.91 sq mi)Elevation

268 m (879 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total551 • Density54/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

742 35

Websitewww.mankovice.cz

Mankovice (German: Mankendorf) is a municipality and village in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

History

The first written mention of Mankovice is from 1374.^[2]

During World War II, the German occupiers operated the E119 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp at a local sawmill.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	720	—
1880	763	+6.0%
1890	811	+6.3%
1900	746	−8.0%
1910	813	+9.0%
1921	771	−5.2%
1930	811	+5.2%
1950	677	−16.5%
1961	691	+2.1%
1970	631	−8.7%
1980	580	−8.1%
1991	541	−6.7%
2001	592	+9.4%
2011	592	+0.0%
2021	535	−9.6%
Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Notable people

Matthäus Stach (1711–1787), German Moravian missionary
Karl Gilg (1901–1981), German chess player

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historie obce Mankovice" (in Czech). Obec Mankovice. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Nový Jičín" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 3–4.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.