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This town is east of Olomouce in eastern Czechia, on the Oder river.
Its flag, adopted 8 Mar 1998, and CoA are here.
The village was founded in 1350. By 1945 there were much more people of
German nationality living in the village. The only exception was the local
settlement, Hůrka, which was Czech. In 1945 the village became the border
village. After World War II people from other parts of the country moved
there. This village is a part of the territory named Kravařsko (Kuhlanden).
The village was in Moravia. To the north of the village there was a historical
border between Moravia and Silesia.
Jarig Bakker, 9 May 2000.
Number of inhabitants by 1.1. 2002: 1053. First farm-houses appeared
in the cadastre of Rybí from the 12th to 14th century. The village was
named Rybí in 1511. The original name was Rybník. Rybí was in possession
of the Parish of Štramberk. In 1624 and during the thirty-year war the
village was burnt down. Rybí is a birth-place of Zábranský, artist.
Jarig Bakker, 9 May 2000.
Number of inhabitants by 1.1. 2002: 643. Skotnice is situated 2 km to
the west from Príbor on the left-hand bank of the Lubina river. Skotnice
is located on both sides of the road from Koprivnice. In the middle of
the village the road divides into two roads leading to Studénka and Mošnov.
The village was mentioned first as early as in 1330 in a Deed issued by
Bishop Jindrich Berka. Based on the Deed he sold the bailiff´s manor of
Skotnice to Petr II, who owned the village till 1374. At the beginning
the village was in possession of the Episcopal Manor of Hukvaldy. In 1773
there were 15 peasants, 15 smallholders with field, 21 smallholders without
field and 1 miller. The population of Skotnice was following: 214 people
(1835), 440 people (1880), 398 people (1890), 400 people (1967). In 1900
there were 379 Czechs and 20 Germans living in Skotnice. Area of the cadastre
was 395 ha and 29 are. The village derives its name from cattle breeding
(cattle = skot). In past, cattle breeding was very popular. Cattle were
used for feeding as well as for sales. Until 1938 Skotnice was a part of
Moravské Kravarsko. In the middle of June in 1881, construction of a traced
private railway line from Štramberk to Studénka was started. The railway
passed through the territory of Skotnice. As a result of the Munich
Accord, Skotnice, being a Czech village, along with Štramberk, Koprivnice
and Príbor, appeared to be in the Nazi Germany.
Jarig Bakker, 9 May 2000.
Number of inhabitants by 1.1. 2002: 228.
Jarig Bakker, 9 May 2000.