Raduň
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| Basic data | |||||
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Moravskoslezský kraj | ||||
| District : | Opava | ||||
| Area : | 802 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 53 ' N , 17 ° 57' E | ||||
| Height: | 284 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,112 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 747 61 | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Ludmila Juráňová (as of 2006) | ||||
| Address: | Poštovní 239 747 61 Raduň |
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| Municipality number: | 509841 | ||||
Raduň (German Radun ) is a municipality in the Moravskoslezský kraj region ( Czech Republic ).
location
Radun occupies an area of 802 hectares, on which 985 people live. It is located in the valley of the river Raduňka , not far from Opava . To the south of the village there is a landscape park with numerous touristic signposted paths, romantic corners and man-made viewpoints. So you can from the hills of the landscape of Troppauhöhe admire and with good weather appears on the horizon Ostsudeten with Mount Altvater . There are numerous ponds north of the municipality. At the deepest pond, the oldest tree grows in a circle, a 400 year old oak with a trunk circumference of 6 meters.
history
The village was first mentioned in writing in 1322. Due to the location of the village on the so-called Jadeweg, it gained strategic importance. Soon a fortress and the Raduň Castle were built here.
After the Munich Agreement , the place was added to the German Empire and until 1945 belonged to the district of Opava .
Attractions
- Raduň Castle (1816 to 1822) in the empirical style.
Sons and daughters (selection)
- Gebhard Leberecht Blücher von Wahlstatt (1836–1916), Prussian nobleman and member of the Prussian manor house
- Gebhard von Blücher (1865–1931), Prussian landlord, member of the Prussian manor house
