Bílovec
Bílovec | |
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Town | |
![]() Silesian Square with the Church of Saint Nicholas | |
Coordinates: 49°45′25″N 18°0′55″E / 49.75694°N 18.01528°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Moravian-Silesian |
District | Nový Jičín |
First mentioned | 1276 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Renata Mikolašová |
Area | |
• Total | 38.85 km2 (15.00 sq mi) |
Elevation | 243 m (797 ft) |
Population (2019-01-01[1]) | |
• Total | 7,419 |
• Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 742 92 - 743 01 |
Website | www |
Bílovec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbiːlovɛts]; German: Wagstadt) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, near Nový Jičín. It is situated on the slopes of the Nízký Jeseník mountains (German: Niederes Gesenke) and on the banks of the Bílovka River.
Bílovec is the birthplace of tennis players Květa Peschke and Petra Kvitová, internationally respected architect Emil Přikryl and Sudeten German social democratic politician Hugo Schmidt (1844–1907).
History
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Until 1918, Wagstadt was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (the Austrian side after the compromise of 1867), in the district with the same name, one of the eight Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Austrian Silesia.[2]
In 1938, it was occupied by the Nazi Germany as one of the municipalities in the Sudetenland, the portion of Czechoslovakia turned over to Germany in wake of the Munich Agreement. After the conclusion of World War II, the German speaking population was expelled from the region in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees) and replaced by Czech settlers.
Education
The Grammar school of Nicolas Copernicus (Gymnázium Mikuláše Koperníka, GMK) is located in Bílovec.
Notable people
- Petra Kvitová, tennis player, 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon champion
- Adam Pavlásek, tennis player
- Květa Peschke, tennis player
- Rostislav Olesz, ice hockey player
Twin towns — sister cities
Gallery
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Church of Saint Nicholas
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Castle
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Town hall
References
- ^ "Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
- ^ "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Bílovec. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
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