Hradec nad Moravicí
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| Hradec nad Moravicí | |||
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 Red Castle
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Opava | ||
| Commune | Opava | ||
| River | Moravice | ||
| Elevation | 264 m (866 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 49°51′39″N 17°52′16″E / 49.86083°N 17.87111°E | ||
| Area | 44 km2 (17 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 5,186 (2006) | ||
| Density | 118 / km2 (306 / sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1066 | ||
| Mayor | Karel Valušek | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 747 41 - 747 84 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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  Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
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| Wikimedia Commons: Hradec nad Moravicí | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.muhradec.cz | |||
Hradec nad Moravicí (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦradɛdz nad ˈmoravɪtsiː]; German: Grätz) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic located about 8 km south of Opava. It has cca 5,150 inhabitants. The town is dominated by a castle complex.
According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 329 inhabitants, 314 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 169 (53.8%) were German-speaking and 144 (45.9%) were Czech-speaking. Most populous religious group were Roman Catholics with 327 (99.4%).[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.
[edit] External links
- (Czech) Official website
- (Czech) Castle
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