Hukvaldy
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Moravskoslezský kraj | ||||
| District : | Frýdek-Místek | ||||
| Area : | 2029 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 37 ' N , 18 ° 13' E | ||||
| Height: | 282 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 2,063 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 739 46 | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 4th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Luděk Bujnošek (as of May 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Hukvaldy 3 73946 Hukvaldy |
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| Municipality number: | 598691 | ||||
| Website : | www.hukvaldy.cz | ||||
Hukvaldy (German high forest ) is located on the left side of the Ondřejnice in Okres Frýdek-Místek ( Moravia ) in the north of the Moravian-Silesian Beskids in the Czech Republic .
history
The place was founded in 1566 by the Olomouc bishop Wilhelm Prusinovský , who received the land from Emperor Maximilian II . The place has a large game reserve (Czech: Obora ) and since 1858 a stud farm .
Community structure
The municipality of Hukvaldy consists of the districts Dolní Sklenov ( Unter Gläsersdorf ), Horní Sklenov ( Ober Gläsersdorf ), Hukvaldy ( Hochwald ) and Rychaltice ( Bartelsdorf ).
Attractions
Castle ruins
Janáček house
Fallow deer in the enclosure
- Hukvaldy castle ruins , one of the largest in Moravia
- Small rotunda in Dolní Sklenov, once a subject village of Hukvaldy Castle .
- Church in Rychaltice
Personalities
- Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (* around 1633 in Hukvaldy - † June 24, 1693 in Kremsier (Kroměříž)), Moravian composer, baroque trumpeter and choir director
- Alois Smolka (1853–1928), chemist and teacher
- Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), composer
- Jan Václav Sládek (born February 21, 1909), painter and graphic artist
- Antonín Kroča (born October 20, 1947), painter
Web links
Commons : Hukvaldy - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage (Czech)