Paskov is a town in

Frýdek-Místek District Frýdek-Místek District () is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Frýdek-Místek. Administrative division Frýdek-Místek District is divided into four administrative districts of munici ...

in the

Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 3,900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Paskov consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Paskov (3,390) *Oprechtice (289)

Geography

Paskov is located between

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 ...

and

Frýdek-Místek Frýdek-Místek (, ; ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 54,000 inhabitants. The historic centres of both Frýdek and Místek are well preserved and are protected as two Cultural monument (Czech Republic) ...

, in close proximity to both cities. It lies in a flat landscape in the

Ostrava Basin The Ostrava Basin (, , ) is a lowland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic and Poland. It is located in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. Geomorphology The Ostrava Ba ...

. The town is situated at the confluence of the

Ostravice Ostravice (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants. Geography Ostravice is located about south of Frýdek-Místek and south of Ostrava ...

river and the Olešná stream.

History

The first written mention of Paskov is in a deed of bishop

Bruno von Schauenburg Bruno von Schauenburg (also known as Bruno Olomucensis; 1205 – 1 or 17 February 1281 in Kroměříž) was a nobleman and Catholic priest of German descent, bishop of Olomouc in 1245–1281. He was one of the main advisors and diplomats of th ...

from 1267. At the end of the 13th century, a fortress was built here. Until 1538, the village was a

fief A fief (; ) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal alle ...

of the Olomouc bishophric. In 1538, Paskov was acquired by

Jan IV of Pernštejn Jan IV of Pernštejn (also known as ''Jan of Pernstein, John of Pernstein, Jan the Rich'' or ''John the Rich'' in English, ''Jan z Pernštejna a na Helfštejně'' or ''Jan Bohatý'' in Czech, and ''Johann von Pernstein'' or ''Hans von Pernstein ...

. In the following decades, it often changed hands. The municipality became a town in 2011.

Demographics

Economy

Paskov was known for the Paskov Mine, where

hard coal Anthracite, also known as hard coal and black coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic lustre. It has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities, and the highest energy density of all types of coal and is the highe ...

was mined from 1966 to 1999. The town is known for the industrial company Lenzing Biocel Paskov, a

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producer which employs about 400 people.

Transport

The D56 motorway from Ostrava to the Frýdek-Místek runs next to the town. The train station named ''Paskov'' is located in the territory of neighbouring

Řepiště Řepiště () is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Geography Řepiště is located about north of Frýdek-Místek and south of Ostrava. I ...

. It lies on the railway line Ostrava–

Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Frenštát pod Radhoštěm (; ) is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument z ...

Sights

The main landmark is the Paskov Castle. The local fortress was rebuilt into a Renaissance residence in the late 16th century. After the damage suffered in the

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, it was reconstructed in the Baroque style. The castle was nationalised after World War II and from 1950 to 2004 it housed an oncology hospital. Since 2013, the castle complex with a naturally valuable part of the castle park has been owned by the town. Today the building houses a museum and serves cultural and social purposes. The Baroque complex of the Church of Saint Lawrence was built in 1740–1746 and expanded in 1828.

Notable people

Edmund Reitter Edmund Reitter (22 October 1845 – 15 March 1920) was an Austrian entomologist, writer and a collector. Biography Edmund Reitter was best known as an expert on the beetles of the Palaearctic. He was an imperial advisor and editor of the ' ...

(1845–1920), Austrian entomologist, writer and collector; died here *

Bohumír Dvorský Bohumír Dvorský (21 October 1902 in Paskov – 11 January 1976 in Svatý Kopeček) was a Czech painter. Life In 1924 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts. Afterwards he lived in the Ostrava Region and before the beginning of World War II he mo ...

(1902–1976), painter *

Zdeněk Koubek Zdeněk Koubek (born Zdena "Zdeňka" Koubková, 8 December 1913 – 12 June 1986) was a Track and field, track athlete from Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the 1934 Women's World Games and several national titles in the 100–800 m running, ...

(1913–1986), track athlete and rugbist

References

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* {{authority control Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Frýdek-Místek District Mining communities in the Czech Republic