Vratimov

Vratimov
Vratimov
Town
	Building of Husův sbor in Vratimov
	Flag Coat of arms
	Vratimov Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°46′12″N 18°18′37″E / 49.77000°N 18.31028°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Ostrava-City
First mentioned	1305
Government
• Mayor	Martin Čech
Area
• Total	14.14 km2 (5.46 sq mi)
Elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	7,293
• Density	520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 32
Website	www.vratimov.cz

Vratimov (German: Rattimau, Polish: Racimów) is a town in Ostrava-City District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,300 inhabitants. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Wrothimow.^[2]^[3]^[4] It meant that the village was in the process of location (the size of land to pay tithe from was not yet precised). The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia.

Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy.

Sights

There is a Catholic Saint John the Baptist Church in the town.

Twin towns – sister cities

Vratimov is twinned with:^[5]

Senj, Croatia

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
^ Panic, Idzi (2010). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. pp. 297–299. ISBN 978-83-926929-3-5.
^ Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis (in German). Breslau.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
^ "Gradovi prijatelji Grada Senja". senj.hr (in Croatian). Senj. Retrieved 2020-09-22.

Londzin, Józef (1932). Kościoły drewniane na Śląsku Cieszyńskim. Cieszyn: Dziedzictwo błog. Jana Sarkandra. pp. 268–274. OCLC 297540848.

External links

(in Czech) Official website

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.

[2] Panic, Idzi (2010). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. pp. 297–299. ISBN 978-83-926929-3-5.

[3] Schulte, Wilhelm (1889). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis (in German). Breslau.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] "Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis" (in Latin). Retrieved 13 July 2014.

[5] "Gradovi prijatelji Grada Senja". senj.hr (in Croatian). Senj. Retrieved 2020-09-22.

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