Opatovec (german: Überdörfel) is a municipality and village in
Svitavy District in the
Pardubice Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Geography
Opatovec is located about north of
Svitavy
Svitavy (; german: Zwittau) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. It is the birthplace of Oskar Schindler and the centre of the Czech Esperanto movement. The historic town centre is well preser ...
and southeast of
Pardubice
Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monu ...
. It lies in the
Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Na Rozcestí at above sea level. There are two major fishponds in the municipality, Sychrovec and Pařez, supplied by the stream Mikulečský potok.
History
The first written mention of Opatovec is from 1347. In 1697, the municipality of Opatovec was created by merger of Opatovec with small hamlets of Košíře, Český Lačnov and Starý Valdek.
Demographics
Transport
Two first class roads passes through the municipality: the I/35 road (part of the
European route E442
European route E 442 is part of the international E-road network.
Route
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** E48, E49 Karlovy Vary
** E55 Teplice
** E65 Turnov
** E67 Hradec Králové
** E462 Olomouc
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** E50, E75 Žilina
External links
Map of E-road
{{E-road ...
, which replaces the unfinished section of the
D35 motorway from
Olomouc to the
Hradec Králové Region, and the I/43 road from Svitavy to the Czech-Polish border.
Opatovec is located on the railway line heading from
Česká Třebová to Svitavy and
Letovice
Letovice (german: Lettowitz) is a town in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The town part of Třebětín and villages of Babolky, Chlum, Dolní Smržov, Jasino ...
.
Sights
The main landmark of Opatovec is the Chapel of Saint Wenceslaus. It was built in the Baroque style in 1850. In Košíře, there is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary from 1793.
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References
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Villages in Svitavy District