Háj ve Slezsku
Encyclopedia
Háj ve Slezsku (ˈɦaːj ˈvɛslɛsku), meaning grove in the Silesia, is a village between Opava
and Ostrava
– the two larger cities in the Moravian-Silesian Region
, Czech Republic
. It has 3,317 citizens: 1,704 women; 1,613 men. The town has only 972 households.
Chabičov and another town called Smolkov, Háj ve Slezsku officially became an independent town, and the four towns became administrative parts. Jilešovice and Lhota u Opavy were connected in 1976 and 1979, respectively.
Opava
Opava is a city in the northern Czech Republic on the river Opava, located to the north-west of Ostrava. The historical capital of Czech Silesia, Opava is now in the Moravian-Silesian Region and has a population of 59,843 as of January 1, 2005....
and Ostrava
Ostrava
Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava was candidate for the...
– the two larger cities in the Moravian-Silesian Region
Moravian-Silesian Region
Moravian-Silesian Region , or Moravo-Silesian Region, is one of 14 administrative Regions of the Czech Republic, until May 2001 it was formerly 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 part of the...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. It has 3,317 citizens: 1,704 women; 1,613 men. The town has only 972 households.
History
The village was built in about 1880 in the Chabičov-town land register, and it was considered its administrative part until 1922. By the unificationUnification
Unification, in computer science and logic, is an algorithmic process by which one attempts to solve the satisfiability problem. The goal of unification is to find a substitution which demonstrates that two seemingly different terms are in fact either identical or just equal...
Chabičov and another town called Smolkov, Háj ve Slezsku officially became an independent town, and the four towns became administrative parts. Jilešovice and Lhota u Opavy were connected in 1976 and 1979, respectively.
Trivia
- The birthplace of Vladislav VančuraVladislav VancuraVladislav Vančura was one of the most important Bohemian writers of the 20th century...
– a famous Czech writer.
- For several years the town has celebrated its citizens and people from surrounding areas in an annual festival called Rozmarné léto, after Vančura’s best known novel.