Bílá
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Moravskoslezský kraj | ||||
| District : | Frýdek-Místek | ||||
| Area : | 5642 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 27 ' N , 18 ° 29' E | ||||
| Height: | 546 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 286 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 739 15 | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Vítězslav Kubačák (as of 2006) | ||||
| Address: | Bílá 142 739 15 Staré Hamry |
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| Municipality number: | 598020 | ||||
| Website : | www.obecbila.cz | ||||
Bílá (German Bila ) is a municipality with 298 inhabitants in the Czech Republic . The resort is located 19 kilometers southeast of Frýdlant nad Ostravicí near the Slovakian border in the mountains of the Moravian Beskids on the White Ostrawitza and belongs to the Okres Frýdek-Místek . The cadastral area is 5642 ha.
geography
That at 546 m above sea level. M. in the river valley between the ridges of the Kavalčanky and Kozí hřbety is located on the state road I / 56 . Neighboring towns are Staré Hamry in the north and the mountain settlements Javořinka and Němčanka in the north-west. In the east lie the Slovak municipalities Klokočov and Korňa , to which the border crossing Bílá / Klokočov leads. To the south, there is another connection to the neighboring country on the Bumbálka pass with the border crossing Bílá-Bumbálka- Makov .
history
In the deep forests of the Beskids, the Ostrawitza formed a natural border between the territory of the Přemyslids and the Piast duchy of Opole since around 1100 . The Šorštýn Castle ( chimney or Schaunstein ) was probably built to protect this border . The river also separated the dominions Friedeck and Hochwald , the latter of which was to the left of the river and had belonged to the Olomouc bishopric since 1177.
Settlement did not reach the Beskid valleys until the end of the 16th century. Huts and hammers as well as individual farmsteads were built here, including Bílá in 1817. The small settlement belonged to Ostrawitz . In 1908 the railway to Althammer was built .
1951 was an area exchange between Ostravice and Stáre Hamry. In the course of this, the settlements Baraní, Bílá and Mezivodí were spun off from Ostravice and became the new municipality of Bílá. The construction of the Šance-Řečice dam resulted in the closure of the railway line at Bílá. In 1974 the mountain village was incorporated into Stáre Hamry. In 1991 it regained its independence.
Bílá is a well-known winter sports center, on the mountain Zbojnická is the most famous downhill slope of the place with a 900 m long drag lift. There are also three more drag lifts on smaller slopes.
Attractions
- Bíla hunting lodge
- Schrotholzkirche of St. Friedrich, built in 1875
- Šorštýn Castle Stables
