Bílovec
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Moravskoslezský kraj | ||||
| District : | Nový Jičín | ||||
| Area : | 4930 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 46 ' N , 18 ° 1' E | ||||
| Height: | 243 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 7,419 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 742 92 - 743 01 | ||||
| License plate : | T | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 6th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Renata Mikolášová (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Slezské náměstí 1 74301 Bílovec 1 |
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| Municipality number: | 599247 | ||||
| Website : | www.bilovec.cz | ||||
Bílovec ( German Wagstadt ) is a city in the Czech Republic in the Moravskoslezský kraj .
Geographical location
The city is located in Moravian Silesia in the city triangle Ostrava ( Ostrau ), Opava ( Troppau ), Nový Jičín ( New Titschein ).
history
Bílovec was first mentioned in 1276. The city was founded between 1316 and 1324 by Wok von Krawarn , the earliest mention of Woogstadt comes from 1324. In the 17th century it was an important center of the textile industry.
After the Munich Agreement , the place was the German Reich slammed and belonged until 1945 to the district Wagstadt , Region of Opava , in the Reich District of Sudetenland . Due to the Beneš decrees , the German part of the population was expropriated and expelled in 1945 .
Bílovec was a district town until 1960.
Demographics
| year | Residents | Remarks |
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| 1857 | 3,583 | |
| 1900 | 4,556 | German residents |
| 1930 | 4,960 | including 3,608 Germans, 1,198 Czechs and 122 foreigners |
| 1939 | 4,607 |
Attractions
- Gothic church of St. Nicholas from the 14th century
- Renaissance town hall (1593) with a portico.
- Renaissance castle from the 16th century
- Baroque town house from the 18th century, now a museum
- Gothic Church of St. George from the 13th century in Lubojaty
- Church of St. Jacob in Stará Ves
- Windmill in Stará Ves
City structure
The towns of Bravinné ( Brawin ) with Dolní Nový Dvůr ( Untereuhof ) and Horní Nový Dvůr ( Oberneuhof ), Labuť ( Wipplarsdorf ), Lhotka ( Blaschdorf ), Lubojaty ( Laubias ), Ohrada ( Ohrad ), Požaha ( Poschaha ) are part of the town of Bílovec . Radotín ( Radnitz ), Stará Ves ( old town ) and Výškovice ( Wischkowitz ) are incorporated.
Sons and daughters
- Johann Ignaz Cimbal (1722–1795), Austrian painter and etcher
- Felix Ivo Leicher (1727–1812), Austrian painter
- Andreas Rutzky von Brennau (1829–1896), Austro-Hungarian general and military writer
- Karl Raimund Kristinus (1843–1904), Austrian choir director, music teacher and composer
- Hugo Schmidt (politician) (1844–1907), Sudeten German social democratic politician
- Richard Trampler (1845–1907), historian, geographer, educator and karst speleologist
- Rudolf Sokol (1887–1974), Austrian painter
- Moritz Daublebsky-Sterneck (1912–1986), Austrian Righteous Among the Nations
- Emil Ressel (1921–1991), painter and graphic artist
- Otto Urban (1938–1996), Czech historian
- Widmar Tanner (* 1938), German biologist
- Miloš Holaň (* 1971), former Czech ice hockey player
- Květa Peschke (* 1975), Czech tennis player
- Petra Kvitová (* 1990), Czech tennis player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ^ Carl Kořistka : The Margraviate of Moravia and the Duchy of Silesia in their geographical relationships . Vienna and Olmüz 1861, pp. 268–269 .
- ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon . 6th edition, Volume 20, Leipzig and Vienna 1909, p. 306.
- ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Wagstadt district (Czech. Bílovec). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).