Vřesina is a municipality and village in

Ostrava-City District Ostrava-City District () is a Okres, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Ostrava. Administrative division Ostrava-City District is formed by only one Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipali ...

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 2,800 inhabitants.

Geography

Vřesina is located about west 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 hill Mezihoří at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Vřesina is from 1377. The village was probably founded in the second half of the 12th century, when the area was colonized. From 1461 to 1702, Vřesina belonged to the

Velká Polom Velká Polom is a municipality and village in Ostrava-City District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. Geography Velká Polom is located about west of Ostrava. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník ra ...

estate. From 1702, it was a part of the

Klimkovice Klimkovice () is a spa town in Ostrava-City District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. Administrative division Klimkovice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to th ...

estate.

Demographics

Transport

The I/11 road from Ostrava to

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 ...

passes through the municipality.

Sights

Vřesina is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a chapel with a belfry, which was probably built in the mid-19th century.

Twin towns – sister cities

Vřesina is twinned with: *

Kornowac Kornowac is a village in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kornowac. It lies approximately east of Racibórz and south-west of the regional capital Ka ...

, Poland

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vresina Villages in Ostrava-City District