Kravaře
- For a village in Liberec Region see Kravaře (Česká Lípa District).
Kravaře | |||
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Town | |||
 Kravaře Castle | |||
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  Kravaře Location in the Czech Republic | |||
| Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 18°00′37″E / 49.93611°N 18.01028°E / 49.93611; 18.01028Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 18°00′37″E / 49.93611°N 18.01028°E / 49.93611; 18.01028 | |||
| Country | Czech Republic | ||
| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Opava | ||
| First mentioned | 1224 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Monika Žídková | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 19.37 km2 (7.48 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 233 m (764 ft) | ||
| Population (2012-01-01) | |||
| • Total | 6,736 | ||
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| Postal code | 747 21 | ||
| Website | www.kravare.cz/ | ||
Kravaře (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkravar̝ɛ]; German: Deutsch-Krawarn) is a town in Silesia in the Czech Republic. It has 6,650 inhabitants. It is located between Ostrava (20 kilometres (12 mi) away) and Opava (10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away). It is part of the Hlučínsko micro-region.
Contents
1 History of the town
2 Sport
3 Notable people born in Kravaře
4 Gallery
5 External links
History of the town
The first historical record of Kravaře is from 1224. For centuries Kravaře was only a village; it gained town status in 1960.
Being located in the multi-ethnic Hlučín Region of Czech Silesia, Kravaře was a notable exception to the mass Expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia following World War II, retaining a sizeable ethnic German community. As of 2006[update], ethnic Germans were a majority of the town's inhabitants, one of them being its mayor.
Sport
There is an ice-hockey venue Buly Aréna, which was opened in 2003. The town's football team is SK Kravaře.
Notable people born in Kravaře
Alois Hadamczik - head coach of Czech national ice hockey team
Josef Jařab - the rector of the Palacký University of Olomouc, professor in English and American Studies
Pavel Kravař - a Hussite physician burned at the stake for heresy in St Andrews, Scotland in 1433
Erich Šefčík - Silesian historian, founder of the local Museum
Ivo Žídek - soloist of National Theatre in Prague
Monika Žídková - Miss Europe 1995
Gallery
Chapel
Grass-cutting of the golf field
Rectory
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kravaře. |
- Official website
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