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, Ostravice and Lučina. Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic in terms of both population and area, the second largest city in the region of Moravia, and the largest city in the historical land of Czech Silesia. It straddles the border of the two historic provinces of Moravia and Silesia. The wider conurbation – which also includes the towns of Bohu

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Ostrava is the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, located in the northeast near the Polish border where four rivers meet, with a population of about 283,000 people. It serves as the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region and holds significant historical importance as the largest city in Czech Silesia and a major urban center straddling the provinces of Moravia and Silesia.

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Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Moravian-Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ostrava-City
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Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Czech Republic
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Jan Dohnal
Settlement.leader_party: ODS
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1267
Settlement.area_total_km2: 214.23
Settlement.elevation_m: 260
Settlement.population_as_of: 2025-01-01
Settlement.population_total: 283187

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Official name: Statutární město Ostrava
Population: 283187
Area: 214.229602
Elevation: 260
Headquarters: Ostrava
Official website: www.ostrava.cz
Image: Katedrála Božského Spasitele, Nová Karolina a Dolní oblast Vítkovic, pohled z Nové radnice, srpen 2011.jpg
Licence plate code: T

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P6482: Ostrava
Commons category: Ostrava
Commons gallery: Ostrava
native label: Ostrava
inception: 1941-07-01
postal code: 700 30–739 34
time of earliest written record: 1267-01-17
email address: mailto:[email protected]
IPA transcription: /ˈɔstrava/
number of houses: 28000
P8168: Conrad Dietrich Magirus
mean age: 43.2
P12749: Max Deutsch

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Ostrava grew in importance due to its position at the heart of a major coalfield, becoming an important industrial engine of the Austrian empire. During the 20th century it was known as the "steel heart" of Czechoslovakia thanks to its status as a coal-mining and metallurgical centre, but since the Velvet Revolution (the fall of communism in 1989) it has undergone radical and far-reaching changes to its economic base. Industries have been thoroughly restructured, and the last coal was mined in the city in 1994. However, remnants of the city's industrial past are visible in the Lower Vítkovice area, a former coal-mining, coke production and ironworks complex in the city centre which retains its historic industrial architecture. Lower Vítkovice has applied for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.