Heřmanovice

Municipality in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

50°11′36″N 17°23′52″E / 50.19333°N 17.39778°E / 50.19333; 17.39778Country

Czech RepublicRegionMoravian-SilesianDistrict BruntálFirst mentioned1339Area

• Total42.79 km² (16.52 sq mi)Elevation

615 m (2,018 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total344 • Density8.0/km² (21/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

793 74

Websitewww.hermanovice.cz

Heřmanovice (German: Hermannstadt) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

History

The first written mention of Heřmanovice is from 1339.^[2]

From 1938 to 1945, the municipality was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland. After World War II, most of the German population was expelled and the village depopulated.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,768	—
1880	2,663	−3.8%
1890	2,390	−10.3%
1900	2,393	+0.1%
1910	2,266	−5.3%
1921	2,101	−7.3%
1930	2,187	+4.1%
1950	415	−81.0%
1961	601	+44.8%
1970	566	−5.8%
1980	521	−8.0%
1991	440	−15.5%
2001	411	−6.6%
2011	351	−14.6%
2021	286	−18.5%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ ^a ^b "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Heřmanovice. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Bruntál" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 3–4.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.