Hukvaldy

Hukvaldy ( German high forest ) is located on the left side of the Ondřejnice in Okres Frýdek- Místek ( Moravia ) in the north of the Moravian- Silesian Beskids mountain range in the Czech Republic.

History

The town was founded in 1566 by the Olomouc Bishop Wilhelm Prusinovský who received it from the Emperor Maximilian II. To place a part of a large game reserve (Czech: Obora ) and since 1858 also a stud.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Dolni Hukvaldy Sklenov (sub Glasses village), Horni Sklenov (Upper glasses village), Hukvaldy ( Hochwald ) and Rychaltice ( Bartelsdorf ).

Attractions

Janáček House

Fallow deer in the enclosure

  • Hukvaldy castle ruins, one of the largest in Moravia
  • Small rotunda in Dolni Sklenov, once a village of subjects Hukvaldy Castle.
  • Church in Rychaltice

Personalities

  • Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (* around 1633 in Hukvaldy - † June 24, 1693 in Kremsier ( Kroměříž ) ), Moravian composer, Baroque trumpet and choir director
  • Alois Smolka (1853-1928), chemist and teacher
  • Leoš Janáček (1854-1928), composer
  • January Vaclav Sladek ( born February 21, 1909), painter and graphic artist
  • Antonín Kroča ( born October 20, 1947), painter
Kraj Hectare Rotunda (architecture) Bocanovice Bukovec (Frýdek-Místek District) Malenovice Ostravice Pazderna Vojkovice (Frýdek-Místek District)
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