Velké Opatovice
| Velké Opatovice | |||||
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Jihomoravský kraj | ||||
| District : | Blansko | ||||
| Area : | 2593 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 37 ' N , 16 ° 41' E | ||||
| Height: | 376 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 3,685 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 679 63 | ||||
| License plate : | B. | ||||
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| Street: | Letovice - Jevíčko | ||||
| Railway connection: | Chornice – Skalice nad Svitavou | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 6th | ||||
| administration | |||||
| Mayor : | Kateřina Gerbrichová (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Zámek 14 679 63 Velké Opatovice |
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| Municipality number: | 582646 | ||||
| Website : | www.velkeopatovice.cz | ||||
Velké Opatovice (German Groß Opatowitz ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located 14 kilometers north of Boskovice in the Little Hanna and belongs to the Okres Blansko .
geography
Velké Opatovice is located on the Jevička river in the northern part of the Boskowitz furrow, known as the Little Hanna, between the Drahan Uplands and the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands . The state road between Letovice and Jevíčko and the railway between Chornice and Boskovice run through the town . Two kilometers to the north is the small Smolná reservoir fed by the Malonínský potok. The 513 m high Hradisko rises to the south.
Neighboring towns are Jevíčko and Jaroměřice in the northeast, Nový Dvůr in the east, Uhřice and Cetkovice in the southeast, Borotín in the south, Velká Roudka in the southwest, Skočova Lhota, Brťov u Velkých Opatovic and Újezd in the west and Smolná in the northwest.
history
A purchase contract concluded in 1308 at Cimburk Castle is the first documentary mention of the place. Opatovice consisted of two villages at that time, the upper and the lower village.
The upper village was the seat of a manor whose owners included the von Věžník, Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz and von Herberstein families . After the patrimonial rule was replaced in 1848, Opatowitz became an independent municipality and the division was abolished. The place name was changed to Groß Opatowitz or Velké Opatovice in 1888 to distinguish it from places of the same name .
On October 15, 1969, Velké Opatovice was raised to the city.
Community structure
The town of Velké Opatovice consists of the districts Bezděčí ( Besdietsch ), Brťov u Velkých Opatovic ( Zeidler ), Korbelova Lhota ( Korbel Lhota ), Svárov ( Swarau ), Velká Roudka ( Groß Raudka ) and Velké Opatovice ( Groß Opatowitz ), which at the same time Form cadastral districts. The basic settlement units are Bezděčí, Brťov u Velkých Opatovic, Červenice, Hradisko, Korbelova Lhota, Lavecko, Průmyslový obvod, Smržovec, Strážnice, Svárov, Šraňky, U Nového mlýna, Velká Roudka and Zámeké Opatovice.
The municipality of Malá Roudka is an enclave within the municipality.
Attractions
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- Velké Opatovice Castle, baroque building from 1757, after the fire on January 2, 1973, the reconstruction of the castle, which has belonged to the town since 1924, was completed in 1990. In addition to the city museum, which honors the sculptor Karel Otáhal in a permanent exhibition, the palace also houses the city administration and a cinema.
- Castle park, on the six hectare area there is also a larger than life sculpture by the composer Bedřich Smetana , which is the work of Karel Otáhal
- Hradisko mountain with a relief made by Karel Otáhal by the writer Petr Bezruč .
- Baroque church of St. George, the altar relief of the dragon fight has a size of four by four meters and also comes from Otáhal
Town twinning
- Elbingerode (Harz) , Germany
Personalities
- Karel Otáhal (1901–1972), Czech sculptor, lived and worked in Velké Opatovice for 30 years