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Velk� Polom (Czech Republic)
Opava okres, Moravian-Silesian Region
Last modified: 2002-05-10 by jarig bakker
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Velk� Polom flag
![[Velk� Polom flag]](../images/c/cz-op-vp.gif)
by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 3 May 2002, after image by Petr Exner;
flag adopted 9 Dec 1996
Number of inhabitants by 31.12. 2000: 1571. The first written trace
dates back to 15 May 1288. The village is situated in a bulge of the N�zk�
Jesen�ky mountains on halfway between Opava and Ostrava on the E11 road.
Since the foundation the village was in possession of Premonstratensians
from Hradi�t� u Olomouce. Then, it became possession of the family of Don�t.
The post office in the village was opened as early as under Emperor Josef
II. In 1872 a primary school, being one of the most modern in Silesia,
was built in the village. A nursery was opened in 1918. Nitre was mined
until 1864. In 1870, a brewery was founded in the village. In the 20th
the brewery was replaced with a distillery. In 1945 the village was almost
completely destroyed and built again. Sights in the village include the
church (kostel sv.V�clava). Next to the church there is the oldest linden
in Silesia.
Source: this
website.
Jarig Bakker, 21 Apr 2002.
Velk� Polom CoA
![[Velk� Polom CoA]](../images/c/cz-op)vp.jpg)
image from this
website., located by Jarig Bakker, 21 Apr 2002.
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