Velké Hoštice

The municipality Velké Hoštice ( German United Hoschütz ) is located in Okres Opava ( Opava District ) in the Czech Republic.

It has 1743 inhabitants, the Cadastral has an area of 1020 hectares. The city Kravař is about 3 km from Velké Hoštice away, Opava is 5 km away.

History

The first written mention is from the year 1220.

Attractions

• Baroque Church of St. John the Baptist
• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk
• Baroque castle of the Moravian -Bohemian Count of Chorinsky Barons of Ledske

Sons and daughters of the city

• Albert Ferenz, painter and restorer
• René Nebesky - Wojkowitz, Austrian ethnologist and Tibetologist