Английская Википедия:Bolatice
Шаблон:Infobox settlement Bolatice (Шаблон:Lang-de, Шаблон:Lang-pl) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region.
Administrative parts
The village of Borová is an administrative part of Bolatice.
Geography
Bolatice is located about Шаблон:Convert east of Opava and Шаблон:Convert northwest of Ostrava. It lies in the Opava Hilly Land.
History
The first written mention of Bolatice is in a letter of Pope Innocent IV from 1250. From 1742 the village belonged to Prussia after Maria Theresa had been defeated. 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.[1]
Demographics
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.[2]
The Bolatice Castle was built in the Baroque style in 1724–1748. Today it houses the municipal office.[3]
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.[4]
Notable people
- Adolf Theuer (1920–1947), SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes
Twin towns – sister cities
Шаблон:See also Bolatice is twinned with:[5]
- Шаблон:Flagicon Doľany, Slovakia
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kysucký Lieskovec, Slovakia
- Шаблон:Flagicon Linum (Fehrbellin), Germany
- Шаблон:Flagicon Nagykovácsi, Hungary
- Шаблон:Flagicon Rudy (Kuźnia Raciborska), Poland
Bolatice also has friendly relations with Slaný in the Czech Republic.[6]
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