Hlučín
Hlučín
Hulczyn Hultschin | |
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Town | |
.jpg) Town hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Hlučín Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°53′48″N 18°11′35″E / 49.89667°N 18.19306°ECoordinates: 49°53′48″N 18°11′35″E / 49.89667°N 18.19306°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Opava |
| First mentioned | 1303 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pavel Paschek |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.13 km2 (8.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
| Population (2020-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 13,931 |
| • Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 748 01 |
| Website | www |
Hlučín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦlutʃiːn]; German: Hultschin; Polish: Hulczyn) is a town in Opava District the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 14,000 inhabitants. It is the centre of the Hlučín Region.
Administrative parts[edit]
The villages Bobrovníky (German: Bobrownik, since 1939: Biberswald) and Darkovičky (German: Kleindarkowitz) belong to the town of Hlučín.
History[edit]
Hlučín was part of the Duchy of Opava before the latter was partitioned along the Opava River between Habsburg Austria and the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742 by the Treaty of Berlin after the First Silesian War. In the 18th century, Hlučín belonged to the tax inspection region of Prudnik.[2] The town was administered by the Prussian Province of Silesia until 1920, when it became part of Czechoslovakia after World War I. The transferral of the Hlučín Region sparked controversy between Germans, Czechs and Poles.
By a biased interpretation of the law, the new Czechoslovak authorities banned schooling in German even though that was the language spoken by the majority in the town.[3]
After the Munich Agreement in 1938, Hlučín was annexed by Nazi Germany and was again made part of Prussian Silesia, and its German name, Hultschin, was restored. Hlučín was restored to Czechoslovakia in 1945, and German-speakers were expelled.
However, unlike most of the former Sudetenland, Hlučín's German-speakers were spared an expulsion en bloc. A sizable fraction of the residents today are binationals and have German citizenship as well.[4]
Notable people[edit]
- Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (c. 1639–1693), composer
- Bohumír Josef Hynek Bilovský (1659–1725), writer and poet
- Tomáš Xaverius Laštovka (1688–1747), catholic priest, preacher and writer
- Johannes Janda (1827–1875), sculptor
- Jan Bochenek (1831–1909), painter
- Paul Blaschke (1885–1969), composer
- Jiří Pavlenka (born 1992), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities[edit]
Namysłów, Poland
Nebelschütz, Germany
Ružomberok, Slovakia
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
- ^ "Historia Powiatu Prudnickiego - Starostwo Powiatowe w Prudniku". 2020-11-16. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ Jan Mareš (2018). "Teschen oder das vergessene Dreiländereck". In Dagmara Jajeśniak-Quast, Uwe Rada (ed.). Die vergessene Grenze (in German). be-bra Verlag.
- ^ Landeszeitung
- ^ "Setkání s partnerskými městy" (in Czech). Město Hlučín. 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Czech)
- Map: location of Hlučínsko area within Czech Republic[permanent dead link]
- Map: location of the city within Hlučínsko area[permanent dead link]
- Information centre of Hlučín
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