Velké Heraltice () 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

Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was 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 Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 1,600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Velké Heraltice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Velké Heraltice (986) *Košetice (75) *Malé Heraltice (189) *Sádek (254) *Tábor (77)

Geography

Velké Heraltice is located about northwest of

Opava Opava (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava (river), Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia and was a historical capital of Czech Sile ...

and northwest 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 ...

. It lies in the

Nízký Jeseník Nízký Jeseník (, ) is a flat highland and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc Region, Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region, M ...

range. The highest point is the Skalka hill at above sea level. The stream Heraltický potok flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Velké Heraltice is from 1265. Until 1525, it was owned by various less important noble families. From 1525 to 1595, the estate was owned by the Bruntálský of Vrbno family, then the owners often changed. In 1694–1767, Velké Heraltice was a property of the

Cistercian The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...

monastery in

Velehrad Velehrad is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It is known for the former Cistercian monastery with the Basilica of the Assumption of Mary and Saints ...

. In 1767, the estate was acquired again by the Bruntálský of Vrbno family. In 1810, Velké Heraltice was bought by Count Mitrovský of Nemyšl. In 1849–1854, the

Kinsky The House of Kinsky (formerly Vchynští, sg. ''Vchynský'' in Czech; later (in modern Czech) Kinští, sg. ''Kinský''; ) is a prominent Bohemian noble family originating in the Kingdom of Bohemia. During the Thirty Years' War, the Kinsky fam ...

family held the estate. The last noble owners were the Counts of Bellegarde.

Demographics

Transport

The I/11 road (the section from Opava to

Bruntál Bruntál (; ) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zon ...

) passes through the municipality.

Sights

The most important monument is the Velké Heraltice Castle. It had a complicated construction development. It was originally a Gothic castle from the 13th century, which was rebuilt into a Renaissance resident at the end of the 16th century. In the following centuries, significant Baroque reconstructions took place. The landscape park next to the castle was founded around 1830 and the

orangery An orangery or orangerie is a room or dedicated building, historically where orange and other fruit trees are protected during the winter, as a large form of greenhouse or conservatory. In the modern day an orangery could refer to either ...

was built. Today the castle building houses a secondary school and children's home. The Church of the Immaculate Conception was built in the Baroque style in 1751. The church complex, surrounded by a stone wall, includes a morgue, the Chapel of Our Lady of the Sorrows from the 18th century and the rectory from the 19th century. The Church of Saint Bartholomew is located in Malé Heraltice. It is a Baroque church dating from 1769. The Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary is located in Košetice. It was built in the Baroque style in 1770. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is located in Sádek. It was built in 1865.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Velke Heraltice Villages in Opava District