History
Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the SEMILY - SEMIL district, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.
The stamp shows Franz-Jozef I with the town name until 1896 LOMNITZ BEI GITSCHIN. Various bilingual names were used before 1900:
- LOMNITZ b.JICIN - LOMNICE u JICINA
- LOMNICE v JICINSKU - LOMNIC JICINERKREIS
- LOMNICE NAD POPELKOU - LOMNITZ A.D. POPELKA
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