Šilheřovice (, ) is a municipality and village in

Opava District Opava District () is a Districts of the Czech Republic, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Opava. Administrative division Opava District is divided into four Districts of the Czech Republic#M ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. It is part of the historic

Hlučín Region Hlučín Region (, , ) is a historically significant part of Czech Silesia, now part of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. It is named after its largest town, Hlučín. Its area is , and in 2021, it had 66,750 inhabitants. Munici ...

Geography

Šilheřovice is located about north of

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

, on the border with

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. The western part of the municipality lies in the Opava Hilly Land, while the eastern part lies in the Ostrava Basin. The highest point is at above sea level. The stream Šilheřovický potok flows through the municipality and the

Oder The Oder ( ; Czech and ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and its largest tributary the Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows through wes ...

River briefly flows along the eastern municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Šilheřovice is in a deed from 1377, according to which the properties of Duke Nicholas II were divided among his sons and Šilheřovice became property of Duke Nicholas III. The village was then part of the Silesian

Duchy of Opava The Principality of Opava (; ) or Duchy of Troppau () was a historic territory split off from the Margraviate of Moravia before 1269 by King Ottokar II of Bohemia to provide for his natural son, Nicholas I, Duke of Troppau, Nicholas I. The Opav ...

within the

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. Along with the rest of the

, it was annexed by the

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after the

First Silesian War The First Silesian War () was a war between Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia and Habsburg monarchy, Austria that lasted from 1740 to 1742 and resulted in Prussia's seizing most of the region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland) from Austria. The ...

in 1742. In 1787, the Prussian nobleman Friedrich von Eichendorff purchased the estate and had a Neoclassical castle built, where his young nephew, the poet Joseph von Eichendorff, spent several vacations. In 1846, Šilheřovice Castle was acquired by Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, the progenitor of the Rothschild banking family of Austria. Following the end of World War I, in 1920, the Hlučín Region was incorporated into

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in accordance with the terms of the

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Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sport

golf course A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, tee box, a #Fairway and rough, fairway, the #Fairway and rough, rough and other hazard (golf), hazards, and ...

is located in the castle park.

Sights

The main landmark is Šilheřovice Castle, built in 1787–1815. It is surrounded by a large English-style park. Today, the castle is privately owned and partially accessible during social events. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in the Baroque style in 1713.

Notable people

* Georg Gawliczek (1919–1999), German football player and coach

References

External links

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Šilheřovice Castle
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