Opava

Opava was founded in 1224 . It was the center of the Principality of Opava (from 1348 under the rule of the Czech king) and the capital of Czech Silesia . In 1820, the Troppau Congress was held here .

Residents of the ancient settlement (X century), standing on the Opava River, quickly appreciated the geographical attractiveness of these places, located on the way from the Baltic to the Adriatic Sea. Later, a large shopping center arose here, named after the breadwinner, the Opava, as well as trading yards, warehouses, and merchant mansions.

Mechanical engineering and metalworking, food, textile industry.

• Catholic church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the Gothic style (XIV century)
• church of st. Wenceslas
• Minorite monastery (founded in the 13th century)
• medieval basilica
• Children's (pioneer) railway

•   Kamyshin , Russia . In the city of Kamyshin there is still a hotel named after the city of Opava. In Opava there was also a hotel with the name “Kamyshin”, however, after the Velvet Revolution , due to anti-Soviet sentiment, it was renamed, and now it is called KORUNA ^[2] .
•   Raciborz , Poland
•   Roth , Germany
•   Liptovsky Mikulas , Slovakia
•   Katowice , Poland
•   Tsukuba , Japan
•   Preveza , Greece
•   Delft , Netherlands
•   Holstebro , Denmark
•   Poysdorf , Austria
•   Esteli , Nicaragua

• August Adler (1863-1923) - Austrian and Czech mathematician.
• Martin Opavsky is a chronicler.
• Joseph Maria Olbrich ( 1867 - 1908 ) - Austrian architect, modernist master.
• Joy Adamson is a naturalist.
• Johann Paliza ( 1848 - 1925 ) - Austrian astronomer .
• Eduard von Boehm-Ermoli ( 1856 - 1941 ) - Austrian military leader, field marshal .
• Anton Schlossard ( 1849 - 1942 ) - German writer.

In honor of Opava, the asteroid (255) Oppavia was discovered, discovered on March 31, 1886 by the Austrian astronomer Johannes Paliz, a native of Opava, at the Vienna Observatory .

opava-city.cz (Czech) - the official website of the city of Opava

• News from the city of Opava (Czech)