Bolatice (, ) is a municipality and village in

Opava District Opava District () is a Districts of the Czech Republic, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Opava. Administrative division Opava District is divided into four Districts of the Czech Republic#M ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. It is part of the historic

Hlučín Region Hlučín Region (, , ) is a historically significant part of Czech Silesia, now part of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. It is named after its largest town, Hlučín. Its area is , and in 2021, it had 66,750 inhabitants. Munici ...

Administrative division

Bolatice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Bolatice (3,689) *Borová (685)

Geography

Bolatice is located about east of

Opava Opava (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava (river), Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia and was a historical capital of Czech Sile ...

and northwest of

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

. It lies in the

Opava Hilly Land Opava (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava (river), Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia and was a historical capital of Czech Sile ...

. The highest point is at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Bolatice is in a letter of

Pope Innocent IV Pope Innocent IV (; – 7 December 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254. Fieschi was born in Genoa and studied at the universities of Parma and Bolo ...

from 1250. From 1742, after Empress

Maria Theresa Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure, in her own right. She was the ...

had been defeated, the village belonged to

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

. The Prussian state sold Bolatice to Henn of Henneberg brothers in 1784. The new owners founded a new hamlet called Heneberky nearby in 1786. Heneberky was joined to Bolatice in 1893 and renamed Borová in 1949.

Demographics

Transport

Bolatice is located on a short railway line of local importance

Kravaře Kravaře (; ) is a town in Opava District the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,700 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region. Administrative division Kravaře consists of three municipal parts (in brack ...

–

Chuchelná Chuchelná () is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region. History The first written mention of Chuchelná is fr ...

Sights

The Church of Saint Stanislaus belongs to the main landmarks of Bolatice. It is a large church, built in 1703 and extended in 1911–1912. The Bolatice Castle was built in the Baroque style in 1724–1748. Today it houses the municipal office. In 2002, the Open-air Museum of Folk Traditions and Crafts was built by the citizens of Bolatice, who donated most of the exhibits to the museum. The museum presents the life and equipment of a traditional rural house in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Notable people

* Adolf Theuer (1920–1947), SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes

Twin towns – sister cities

Bolatice is twinned with: * Doľany, Slovakia * Kysucký Lieskovec, Slovakia * Linum (Fehrbellin), Germany *

Nagykovácsi Nagykovácsi ( German: ''Großkowatsch)'' is small town located in Budakeszi District, in the western part of Pest county, central Hungary. It is situated some north-west of the centre of Budapest, in a valley. According to the 2011 census, the ...

, Hungary * Rudy (Kuźnia Raciborska), Poland Bolatice also has friendly relations with

Slaný Slaný (; ) is a town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 17,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, ur ...

in the Czech Republic.

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Opava District Hlučín Region