English Translation

22 -22 - V. Randgebiet Leipnik - Moravian White Churches. More than in other border regions of Moravia, in the district of Moravian Weißkirchen with the two cities Moravian White Churches and Leipnik, the popular struggle will have to be carried out beyond the southern border to the south.At Moravian Weiss Churches, at the entrance of the Moravian gate, the Oder-Donau Canal crosses over to the protectorate area and cuts the border area under contact of the two towns Moravianweißkirchen and Leipnik. This fact increases the economic importance of the cities, which have also been a strong support for the German population in earlier years and have maintained their German ethnicity relatively well.The population figures are as follows: 1890 1910 1920 1920 1930 D. Tsch. D. Csch. Tch.D. Tsch. Leipnik 1815 3478 1891 4042 453 5750 740 6537 Moravian 2367 4967 1417 6956 1038 7641 1127 9007 Weißkirchen According to these figures, Leipnik still had 10% in 1930, Moravian White Churches 11% German population anteib, The German school system already shows gratifyingly high figures. Moravian Weißkirchen has a civic school with 5 classes, 7 teachers and 153 pupils, another three-class elementary school with 83 children; Leipnik has a single-class school with 39 children, When the border will be opened. the old traditional and economically given connections between the Sudeten German border area and the district of Moravia will be. Weißkirchen resurrect and the German influences are becoming increasingly noticeable in the border area. Notable industry is missing in both cities, but for small businessmen and craftsmen, livelihoods are already given, the construction of the Oder-Donau-Kanal will substantially further the framework for active German-Tum work. In any case, there are possibilities for German policy, which must be exploited with all its might, and it must not be accepted for this reason either.