Bílovec

Bílovec
Bílovec
	Town
	Silesian Square with the Church of Saint Nicholas
	Flag Coat of arms
	Bílovec Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°45′25″N 18°0′55″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Nový Jičín
First mentioned	1276
Government
• Mayor	Renata Mikolašová
Area
• Total	38.85 km2 (15.00 sq mi)
Elevation	243 m (797 ft)
Population (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	7,394
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	742 92, 743 01
Website	www.bilovec.cz

Bílovec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbiːlovɛts]; German: Wagstadt) is a town in the Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. It is situated on the slopes of the Nízký Jeseník mountains and on the banks of the Bílovka River. The centre of the town is historically significant and is protected by law as Urban monument zone.

History

Until 1918, Wagstadt was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (the Austrian side after the compromise of 1867), in the district with the same name, one of the eight Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Austrian Silesia.[2]

In 1938, it was occupied by the Nazi Germany as one of the municipalities in the Sudetenland, the portion of Czechoslovakia turned over to Germany in wake of the Munich Agreement. After the conclusion of World War II, the German speaking population was expelled from the region in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees) and replaced by Czech settlers.

Education

The Gymnasium of Nicolas Copernicus is located in Bílovec.

Notable people

Johann Ignaz Cimbal (1722–1795), Bohemian-Austrian painter
Felix Ivo Leicher (1727–1812), Bohemian-Austrian painter
Miloš Holaň (born 1971), ice hockey player and coach
Květa Peschke (born 1975), tennis player
Rostislav Olesz (born 1985), ice hockey player
Lukáš Hejda (born 1990), footballer
Petra Kvitová (born 1990), tennis player, 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon champion
Adam Pavlásek (born 1994), tennis player

Twin towns – sister cities

Bílovec is twinned with:[3]

Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany
Kietrz, Poland
Lipany, Slovakia

Gallery

Church of Saint Nicholas
Castle
Town hall

References

"Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
"Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Bílovec. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.

[2] Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967

[3] "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Bílovec. Retrieved 2020-09-21.