Frenštát pod Radhoštěm

Frenštát pod Radhoštěm
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm
Town
	Town hall at the Peace Square
	Flag Coat of arms
	Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°32′51″N 18°12′42″E / 49.54750°N 18.21167°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Nový Jičín
First mentioned	1382
Government
• Mayor	Miroslav Halatin
Area
• Total	11.44 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Elevation	401 m (1,316 ft)
Population (2019-01-01)
• Total	10,820
• Density	950/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	744 01
Website	www.mufrenstat.cz

Frenštát pod Radhoštěm (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrɛnʃtaːt ˈpod radɦoʃcɛm]; German: Frankstadt unter dem Radhoscht) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

It lies under the Moravian-Silesian Beskids Range, in a region rich in history and therefore the town is an important holiday resort in both summer and winter.

History

The town was likely first settled between 1293 and 1316. The Thirty Years' War affected the town severely, as it was burned down in 1626, and occupied by the Swedes in 1646. The plague also affected the town. In the 17th century, the town's economy grew, possibly due to being colonized by the Wallachians. The town obtained the official title of town in 1781. In World War II, the town was occupied by the Axis, but was liberated on May 6, 1945 by the Soviet Union.^[2]

On 13 February 2013, a 57-year-old man, Antonín Blažek, attempted to blow up a block of flats after having been ordered to vacate his own flat that had been foreclosed by creditors. He first blocked both exits from the building, and then removed and opened the main gas supply into the building's corridor. Interrupted, Blažek set the gas on fire before it could spread throughout the whole building. The explosion and subsequent fire, however, were large enough to demolish part of the building, killing Blažek and five other people immediately and wounding eleven others, one of whom died on 17 February 2015.^[3]