Hlučín
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Moravskoslezský kraj | ||||
| District : | Opava | ||||
| Area : | 2114 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 54 ' N , 18 ° 12' E | ||||
| Height: | 241 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 13,953 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 748 01 | ||||
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| Street: | Opava - Ostrava | ||||
| Railway connection: | Opava –Hlučín | ||||
| Next international airport : | Ostrava Airport | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 3 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Pavel Paschek | ||||
| Address: | Mírové náměstí 23 74801 Hlučín |
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| Municipality number: | 507016 | ||||
| Website : | www.hlucin.cz | ||||
Hlučín (German Hultschin , Polish Hluczyn ) is a city with 14,232 inhabitants in the Czech Republic . It is located ten kilometers northwest of Ostrava on the left bank of the Oppa and is the center of the Hultschiner Ländchen (Hlučínsko). As to the administrative division, it belongs to the Okres Opava in the Moravian-Silesian region .
history
The city was probably founded in the course of the German settlement of the northern forests around 1250. Ottokar II is considered to be the city's founder . The Moravian media town with Leobschütz city rights can be verified for the first time in 1303, when the landlord was Siffrid von Baruth. The seat of the Hultschin rule was the castle west of the city.
The city had regular structures, the center of which was the square ring. The city parish church was built in 1378. From the 15th century, the population of the city became predominantly Moravian-speaking when they moved there. After 1500, Hultschin was walled and had three city gates. These were the Odertor , also Ostrauer Tor, the Niedertor, also Troppauer Tor, as well as the Neutor or Ratiborer Tor.
In its history, the city of Hultschin, which has belonged to the Duchy of Opava since it was founded, was owned by various noble families. From 1439 these were, with interruptions, the Counts von Würben and Freudenthal , whose rule ended in 1657. During this time the von Welczek and von Zwole rulers also lay, the latter having the city walled off. After the von Würben, the Counts of Gashin followed until 1727 . The Rothschilds from Vienna were the last owners from 1845.
With the partition of Silesia in 1742, Hultschin became Prussian. The new border with Austria was formed by the Oppa and ran south of the city. Hultschin was part of the Leobschütz district and was assigned to the Ratibor district during the district reform in 1816 . Its inhabitants were cloth makers, linen weavers, shoemakers and farmers . There was a synagogue in the city .
Through the Treaty of Versailles , the city became part of Czechoslovakia in 1920 , although the year before, in a referendum, the Moravian-speaking population had clearly spoken out in favor of staying with Silesia. The name Hultschiner Ländchen was created for the area of assignment and Hultschin became a district town. As a result of the Munich Agreement, the area was reintegrated into the Ratibor district on April 14, 1939 , after having been part of the Sudeten German areas since November 21, 1938. In 1945 Hlučín came back to Czechoslovakia and became a district town again. In 1960 the Okres Hlučín was dissolved.
There is a Czech-German meeting center in the city.
Population development
- 1787: 1,100 inhabitants
- 1825: 1.813
- 1905: 2,942
- 1939: 4,820
- 1960: 6,500
City structure
The town of Hlučín includes the localities Bobrovníky (Bobrownik , 1939–1945: Beaver Forest) and Darkovičky ( Kleindarkowitz ). Dlouhá Ves (Langendorf) was incorporated into the municipality before 1905 .
Sister cities and municipalities
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Namysłów , Poland -
Nebelschütz , Germany -
Ružomberok , Slovakia
Attractions
- The Hlučín Castle dates from the beginning of the 16th century and has a Gothic portal .
- City Church of John the Baptist
- Wettekamp mausoleum
- In the forest near Darkovičky there are three infantry factories (bunkers) of the Czechoslovak Wall . The MO-22, MO-23 and MO-24 systems, built between 1936 and 1938, are accessible from Thursday to Sunday from April to October.
- West of the city is a lake that has been developed as a recreational area.
sons and daughters of the town
- Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (1639 / 40–1693), composer
- Bohumil Hynek Bílovský (1659–1725), writer
- Thomas Lastuvka Xaver (1688–1747), writer
- Karl Johannes Ferdinand Wazlawik (born January 10, 1700; † 1784 in Olomouc ), scientist, theologian and abbot of the Heiligenberg Monastery ( Svatý Kopeček )
- Augustin Kaluža (1776–1836), high school teacher and botanist
- Alois Hrusik (1779–1860), philosopher
- Johannes Janda (1827–1875), classicist sculptor
- Johannes Bochenek (1831–1909), painter
- Adolf Jarislowsky (1855–1933), banker
- Joseph Bitta (1856–1932), politician of the center
- Paul Blaschke (1885–1969), Breslau cathedral music director
- Wilhelm Balarin (1894–1978), painter
- Emanuel Schäfer (1900–1974), lawyer and SS officer
- Johannes Maier-Hultschin (1901–1958), journalist
- Norbert Studnitzky (* 1936), composer, arranger and conductor
- Jiří Pavlenka (* 1992), football player
literature
- August Scholtis : Thirty-three songs from Hultschin. With pen drawings by Wilhelm Doms . Rabenpresse , Berlin 1935.
