Heřmanice (Ostrava)

Heřmanice ( _pl. Hermanice, _de. Herzmanitz) is a part of the city of Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. Administratively it is a part of the district of Slezská Ostrava.

It lies in the historical region of Těšín Silesia and was first mentioned in a written document in 1305 as "Hermanni villa". [Hosák et al 1970, 253.] After heavy industrialization of Ostrava majority of local people was employed in nearby factories. Heřmanice was formerly an independent municipality, in 1941 it became a part of Ostrava.

According to the Austrian census of 1910 the village had 3,727 inhabitants, 3,608 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 2,800 (77.6%) were Czech-speaking and 776 (21.5%) were Polish-speaking. Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 3,600 (96.6%) and Protestants with 105 (2.8%). [Ludwig Patryn (ed): " [http://www.kc-cieszyn.pl/biblioteka/strony/ramka.php?autor=Patryn&licz=1 Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien] ", Troppau 1912.]

In 1959 a labour camp was built there, now it is a prison.

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* cite book
last = Hosák
first = Ladislav
coauthors = and Rudolf Šrámek
title = Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku I, A-L
publisher = Academia
date = 1970
location = Praha
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