Hlučín

Hlučín
Town
256px City hall
120px Flag 90px Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Opava
Commune	Hlučín
Elevation	241 m (791 ft)
Coordinates
Area	21.13 km2 (8.16 sq mi)
Population	14,122 (2011)
Density	668 / km2 (1,730 / sq mi)
First mentioned	1303
Mayor	David Maňas
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	748 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
Wikimedia Commons: Hlučín
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.hlucin.cz

Hlučín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦlutʃiːn]; German: Hultschin; Polish: Hluczyn) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is the center of the Hlučín Region. The population was 14,500 as of 2004.

Hlučín was part of the Duchy of Opava before the latter was partitioned along the Opava River between Habsburg Austria and the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742 by the Treaty of Berlin after the First Silesian War. The town was administered within the Prussian Province of Silesia until 1920, when it was made part of Czechoslovakia following World War I. The transferral of the Hlučín Region sparked controversy between Germans, Czechs and Poles. After the Munich Agreement in 1938, Hlučín was annexed by Nazi Germany and again made part of Prussian Silesia, with its German name Hultschin restored to use. Hlučín was restored to Czechoslovakia in 1945.

Subdivisions

The villages Bobrovníky (German: Bobrownik, since 1939: Biberswald) and Darkovičky (German: Kleindarkowitz) belong to the town of Hlučín.

Twin cities

• Namysłów, Poland
• Nebelschütz, Germany
• Ružomberok, Slovakia

See also

• Museum of the fortifications in Hlučín

External links

• Official website (Czech)
• Map: location of Hlučínsko area within Czech Republic
• Map: location of the city within Hlučínsko area

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