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Blatnice (Plzeň North District)

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Country
  
Czech Republic

District
  
Plzeň-North

Website
  
http://www.blatnice.cz

Area
  
4.12 km²

Region
  
Plzeň

Postal code
  
330 25

Elevation
  
360 m

Population
  
731 (2006)

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Blatnice is a village and municipality (obec) in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.

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Map of 330 25 Blatnice, Czechia

The municipality covers an area of 4.12 square kilometres (1.59 sq mi), and has a population of 731 (as at 3 July 2006).

Blatnice lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Plzeň and 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Prague.

History

Blatnice was part of the Sudetenland territory annexed to Germany in 1938. Its German-speaking population was affected by the post-war Expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia.

Notable People

  • Werner Krieglstein, professor, philosopher, author, and actor; a University of Chicago fellow and Fulbright Scholar; born in Blatnice (1941); relocated to Germany after World War II.

    • References

    Blatnice (Plzeň-North District) Wikipedia
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