Hlučín

Hlučín ( German Hultschin ) is a town with 14,232 inhabitants in the Czech Republic. It is located 10 km northwest of Ostrava on the left bank of the Oppa and is the center of Hultshin Land ( Hlučínsko ). Administratively it belongs to the Okres Opava, Moravian-Silesian Region.

History

The foundation of the city took place probably in the course of the German occupation of the northern forests around 1250. As a city founder Otakar II is considered. For the first time demonstrated the Moravian Mediatstadt with Leobschützer city rights in 1303, the then lord of the manor was Siffrid of Baruth. Seat of government was Hultschin the west of the city center castle.

The city had regular structures whose centerpiece was the square ring. The parish church was built 1378th From the 15th century the city's population was predominantly mährischsprachig through immigration. After 1500 was the encircle of Hultschin, which had three gates. These were the Odertor, also Ostrava gate that Niedertor, also Troppauer gate, and the Neutorstrasse or Ratiborer goal.

In its history the city was Hultschin, which belonged to the Duchy of Opava since the grounds belonged to several noble families. Since 1439, these were intermittently the Counts of Vrbno and Freudenthal, whose reign ended in 1657. During this time, the periods of rule by Welczek and Zwole lay, the latter left wall in the city. After the of Vrbno followed to 1727, the Counts of Gaschin. Last owner presented from 1845 Rothschild from Wien represented

With the division of Silesia from 1742 Hultschin became Prussian. The new border with Austria was the Oppa and ran south of the city. Hultschin was part of the circle Leobschutz and was assigned to the district reform in 1816 the county Ratibor. Its inhabitants were drapers, weavers, shoemakers and farming community.

The Treaty of Versailles, the city came to Czechoslovakia in 1920, though had clearly pronounced in the previous year in a referendum, the mährischsprachige population to remain in Silesia. For the assignment area the name Hultschiner Ländchen and Hultschin was became a district town. The area was again incorporated on April 14, 1939 as a result of the Munich Agreement in the county Ratibor, after it had first belonged to the Sudeten German areas since 21 November 1938. In 1945 Hlučín back to Czechoslovakia and was again county seat. In 1960, the resolution of the Okres Hlučín was.

In the city there is a Czech-German meeting center.

Population Development

1787: 1.100 inhabitants 1825: 1,813 1905: 2,942 1939: 4,820 1960: 6,500

Boroughs

The town includes the villages Hlučín Bobrovníky ( Bobrownik, 1939-1945: Beaver Wood ) and Darkovičky ( Small Darko joke). Already before 1905 Dlouhá Ves ( Langendorf ) was incorporated.

Partner cities and municipalities

  • Namyslów Poland, Poland
  • Germany Nebelschütz, Germany
  • Ružomberok Slovakia, Slovakia

Attractions

  • The Hlučín castle dates from the early 16th century and has a Gothic portal.
  • City Church of St John the Baptist
  • Wettekampmausoleum
  • In the forest at Darkovičky three infantry works are (Bunker ) of the Czechoslovak Walls. The built 1936-1938 plants of the type MO -22, MO -23 and MO -24 are accessible to Sunday from April to October on Thursday.
  • To the west there is a lake, which was developed as a recreation area.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Pavel Josef Vejvanovský ( 1639/40-1693 ), Composer
  • Bohumil Bílovský Hynek (1659-1725), writer
  • Thomas Lastuvka Xavier (1688-1747), writer
  • Karl Johannes Ferdinand Wazlawik, (* January 10, 1700, † 1784 in Olomouc), scientist, theologian and abbot of the monastery Heiligenberg ( Holy Hill )
  • Augustin Kaluža (1776-1836), a high school teacher and botanist
  • Hrusik Alois (1779-1860), philosopher
  • John Janda (1827-1875), German sculptor of classicism
  • John Bochenek (1831-1909), German painter
  • Adolf Jarislowsky ( born April 17, 1855 † December 5, 1933 in Berlin) banker
  • Joseph Bitta (1856-1932), German politician of the Centre
  • Balarin Wilhelm (1894-1978), painter
  • Paul Blaschke (1885-1969), Director of Music Wroclaw
  • Emanuel Schäfer (1901-1974), German jurist and SS officer
  • Johannes Maier- Hultschin ( born May 2, No 1901; † October 18, 1958 in Dusseldorf ), journalist, editor of the newspaper from 1926 to 1933 Upper Silesia courier ( Chorzów / Katowice), 1933-1939 The German in Poland. 1939 emigrated to Britain. Worked at the London BBC broadcast for the German Catholics. 1950 return to Germany. 1950-1958 chief press officer of the state government of North Rhine- Westphalia.
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