Dolní Bludovice

Dolní Bludovice
Lutheran church

About this sound Dolní Bludovice (help·info) (Polish: Błędowice Dolne (info), German: Nieder Bludowitz) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but after the expansion of the city of Havířov created in 1955 it became administratively a part of this city as Bludovice in 1960. Lučina River flows through the village. Large part of the population of Dolní Bludovice is Polish. It has a population of 2,539 (2007).[1]

The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and was first mentioned in a written document in 1335.

There are three cemeteries in the village, Lutheran church, Roman Catholic church and two elementary schools (Polish and Czech).

People

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ 2007 Statistics of Havířov

References

  • Zahradnik, Stanisław (1991). Struktura narodowościowa Zaolzia na podstawie spisów ludności 1880-1991. Trzyniec: HT. OCLC 189422554. 

  • Entrance gate to the Old Protestant cemetery

  • New Protestant cemetery

  • Catholic cemetery

  • PZKO House

  • Monument dedicated to victims of World War II, erected by members of local PZKO

  • Polish elementary school

  • Czech elementary school

  • Lučina River

Coordinates: 49°45′59″N 18°26′19″E / 49.76639°N 18.43861°E / 49.76639; 18.43861

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