Kravaře

Kravaře
Kravaře
Town
	Kravaře Castle
	Flag Coat of arms
	Kravaře Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 18°00′37″E / 49.93611°N 18.01028°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Opava
First mentioned	1224
Government
• Mayor	Monika Brzesková
Area
• Total	19.37 km2 (7.48 sq mi)
Elevation	233 m (764 ft)
Population (2019-01-01)
• Total	6,695
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	747 21
Website	www.kravare.cz

For a village in Liberec Region see Kravaře (Česká Lípa District).

Kravaře (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkravar̝ɛ]; German: Deutsch-Krawarn) is a town in Silesia in the Czech Republic. It has 6,650 inhabitants. It is located between Ostrava (20 kilometres (12 mi) away) and Opava (10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away). It is part of the Hlučínsko micro-region.

History

The first historical record of Kravaře is from 1224. For centuries Kravaře was only a village; it gained town status in 1960.

Being located in the multi-ethnic Hlučín Region of Czech Silesia, Kravaře was a notable exception to the mass Expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia following World War II, retaining a sizeable ethnic German community.

Sport

There is an ice-hockey venue Buly Aréna, which was opened in 2003. The town's football team is SK Kravaře.

Notable people

Pavel Kravař (1391–1433), a Hussite physician burned at the stake for heresy in St Andrews, Scotland
Ivo Žídek (1926–2003), soloist of National Theatre in Prague
Josef Jařab (born 1937), former rector of the Palacký University of Olomouc, professor of English and American studies
Erich Šefčík (1945–2004), Silesian historian, founder of the local Museum
Alois Hadamczik (born 1952), ice hockey coach
Monika Brzesková (born 1977), Miss Europe 1995, mayor of the town