Nový Malín village.
The village of Nový Malín was called Frankšát until 1947. This name was taken from the German Frankstadt, after the founders, who were probably Franks, or from the name Frank, i.e. derived from one of them. The original settlement arose in the hills inside the forest as Mlýnská ves (Mühldorfel) and grew along the stream down ...