Přerov
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 Czech Republic
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| Historical part of the country : | Moravia | ||||
| Region : | Olomoucký kraj | ||||
| District : | Přerov | ||||
| Area : | 5848 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 27 ' N , 17 ° 27' E | ||||
| Height: | 210 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 43,186 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 750 00 | ||||
| License plate : | PR | ||||
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| Street: | I / 55 | ||||
| Railway connection: | Brno – Přerov | ||||
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| Status: | Statutory city | ||||
| Districts: | 13 | ||||
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| Lord Mayor : | Petr Měřínský ( ANO 2011 ) (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Bratrská 34 750 11 Přerov 2 |
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| Municipality number: | 511382 | ||||
| Website : | www.mu-prerov.cz | ||||
Přerov (German Prerau ) is a Czech city on the Bečva in the Olomouc region with about 47,679 inhabitants (2008) . Přerov is located about 22 km southeast of Olomouc . In the past, the city was an important hub and the heart of Moravia .
history
The town of Přerov was first mentioned in 1141 and was elevated to the status of a royal town in 1256 . The castle belonged to the influential von Zierotin family . Johann Amos Comenius attended the Latin school in Přerov, of which he was director from 1614.
After the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, a phase of decline began due to the following war damage and the general depopulation of the country after the Thirty Years War. In 1636 Wallenstein's brother-in-law, Charles the Elder of Žerotín, died here .
With the construction of the Kaiser-Ferdinand-Nordbahn from Vienna to Prerau, the city's renewed upswing began. During the time of Austria-Hungary Prerau was the seat of the district administration of the Prerau district.
In June 1945, 265 refugees were murdered by Czech militia in Přerov on the Schwedenschanze on the outskirts of the city; the event is known as the Prerau massacre .
Districts
- I - Město (Old Town)
- II - Przedmostí (Przedmost)
- III - Lověšice (Lowieschitz)
- IV - Kozlovice (Kozlowitz)
- V - Dluhonice (Dluhonitz)
- VI - Újezdec (Augezd)
- VII - Čekyně (Czekin)
- VIII - Henčlov (Hentschelsdorf)
- IX - Lýsky (Legsek)
- X - Popovice (Poppowitz)
- XI - Vinary (Winar)
- XII - Žeravice (Zerawitz)
- XIII - Penčice (Pentschitz)
traffic
The R55 expressway from Olomouc to Austria , which is still under construction, runs through Prerau . Further construction and thus the connection to the D1 motorway is also planned for the coming years.
The city is an important rail hub. The course book route 270 ( Přerov – Olomouc and Břeclav – Bohumín lines ) runs through Přerov. Lines 300 ( Brno – Přerov line ) and 330 ( Břeclav – Přerov line ) of the ČD end here.
Personalities
- Johann Amos Comenius (1592–1670), educator
- Dionys von Grün (1819–1896), geographer and university professor
- Jakob Gartner (1861–1921), Austrian architect
- Stefan Jellinek (1871–1968), physician
- František Neumann (1874–1929), composer, conductor and music teacher
- Oskar Hirsch (1877–1965), ENT doctor in Vienna and Boston
- Rudolf Weigl (1883–1957), biologist
- Liane Zimbler (1892–1987), Austrian-American architect and interior designer
- Karel Janoušek (1893–1971), Czechoslovak Army General and Air Marshal in the British Royal Air Force
- Vladímir Procházka (pseudonym Jiři Mach) (1895–1967), Czech constitutional lawyer, director of the Czechoslovak Encyclopedia Institute
- Ida Ehre (1900–1989), Austrian-German actress and theater director
- Oldřich Halma (1907–1985), Czech choir director and composer
- Eliška Kleinová (1912–1999), Czech piano teacher
- Josef Kainar (1917–1971), Czech poet
- Gideon Klein (1919–1945), pianist and composer
- Zdenek Hruban (1921-2011), medic
- Lubomír Kostelka (1927-2018), actor
- Milan Dobeš (* 1929), Slovak artist
- Pavel Novák (1944–2009), singer
- Miloš Říha (* 1958), ice hockey coach
- Michal Palinek (* 1967), beach volleyball player
- Jana Dobešová (* 1968), table tennis player
- Petr Veselý (* 1971), football player
- Eva Štěpánčíková (* 1972), volleyball player
- Petr Ruman (* 1976), football player and coach
- Lukáš Ticháček (* 1982), volleyball player
- Josef Hrabal (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Zdeněk Zlámal (* 1985), football player
Sports
The HC Zubr Přerov ice hockey team plays in the town . There is also the Sokol HC Přerov handball club .
Twin cities
Přerov lists the following seven partner cities :
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ^ Karl-Peter Schwarz: The Prerau massacre. A crime from the post-war period and its coming to terms with. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 15, 2015, p. 8.
- ^ Partnerská města - Město Přerov. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .