Vratimov (german: Rattimau, pl, Racimów) is a town in
Ostrava-City District
Ostrava-City District ( cs, okres Ostrava-město) is a district (''okres'') within Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Ostrava.
List of municipalities
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in the
Moravian-Silesian Region of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 7,300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The town part of Horní Datyně is an administrative part of Vratimov.
Geography
Vratimov is located southeast of
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...
, in its immediate vicinity. It lies in the
Ostrava Basin
Ostrava Basin ( cs, Ostravská pánev, german: Ostrauer Becken, pl, Kotlina OstrawskaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland region, located in eastern Czech Republic and s ...
lowland, in the historical region of
Cieszyn Silesia. The town is located on the right bank of the
Ostravice
Ostravice (german: Ostrawitz, pl, Ostrawica) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants.
Geography
Ostravice is located about south of Frýdek- ...
River, which forms the western border of the municipal territory.
History
Vratimov was founded during the colonization of
Cieszyn Silesia in the second half of the 13th century. The first written mention is from 1305 under its Latin name ''Wrothimow''. The Czech name was first used in 1598.
Politically the village belonged initially to the
Duchy of Teschen
The Duchy of Teschen (german: Herzogtum Teschen), also Duchy of Cieszyn ( pl, Księstwo Cieszyńskie) or Duchy of Těšín ( cs, Těšínské knížectví), was one of the Duchies of Silesia centered on Cieszyn () in Upper Silesia. It was split o ...
, formed in 1290 in the process of
feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of
Piast dynasty
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 930–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of king Casimir III the Great.
Branch ...
. In 1327 the duchy became a
fee
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of
Kingdom of Bohemia
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, which after 1526 became part of the
Habsburg monarchy
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.
Vratimov was traditionally agricultural. In the 1880s, a
pulp mill
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was established here and soon paper and metallurgical production was established. Industrialization dramatically changed the character of the town.
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Demographics
Sights
There is a Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
in the town. The first mention of a wooden church is from 1652. After this old church fell into disrepair, a new church was built next to him in 1806 and also consecrated to St. John the Baptist.
Twin towns – sister cities
Vratimov is twinned with:
References
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Ostrava-City District
Cieszyn Silesia