District Šumperk Elevation 317 m | Postal code 788 01 to 788 03 Area 27.32 km² | |
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Nový Malín (until 1947 Frankštát, German: Frankstadt an der Mährischen Grenzbahn) is a village and municipality (obec) in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.
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The municipality covers an area of 27.32 square kilometres (10.55 sq mi), and has a population of 2,892 (as at 28 August 2006).
Nový Malín lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Šumperk, 43 km (27 mi) north of Olomouc, and 188 km (117 mi) east of Prague.
In 1947 was renamed from Frankštát to Nový Malín (New Malín) in honor of Český Malín, a Czech village in Volhynia (today's Ukraine) destroyed by Nazis just 4 years before. Several survivors from Český Malín also settled in Nový Malín.
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Nový Malín Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA