Velká Bystřice (german: Groß Wisternitz) is a town in
Olomouc District
Olomouc District ( cs, okres Olomouc) is a district (''okres'') within the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Olomouc.
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in the
Olomouc Region
Olomouc Region ( cs, Olomoucký kraj; , ; pl, Kraj ołomuniecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia (''Morava'') and in a small part of t ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 3,500 inhabitants.
Velká Bystřice lies approximately east of
Olomouc
Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019).
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and east of
Prague
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.
History
The first written mention of Velká Bystřice is from 1275. In around 1500 the village was promoted to a town.
Notable people
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František Moravec (born 1939), parasitologist
References
Populated places in Olomouc District
Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
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