This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website

Nový Jicín city (Czech Republic)

Novy Jicin okres, Moravosilesian Region

Last modified: 2002-05-31 by jarig bakker
Keywords: novy jicin |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors



This page is best viewed with ISO:8859-2, aka Latin2, aka Central European fonts See also:

Nový Jičín city flag

[Nový Jicín city flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 18 May 2002, after image by Petr Exner; Flag adopted 7 May 1997

Number of inhabitants by 31.12. 2000: 26844. The first trace of the town dated back to 1313. Thanks to position on trade paths, the town was always an important business centre. The town flourished most under the family of Žerotín. The prosperity was connected with development of drapery. At the beginning of the 19th century textile industry, millinery, tobacco industry and machine engineering developed much. The town centre was declared Municipal Sight Area.
Jarig Bakker, 20 May 2002

Nový Jičín city CoA

[Nový Jicín city CoA] image from this webpage, located by Jarig Bakker, 20 May 2002