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Area
  
68.46 km²

Elevation
  
320 m

Local time
  
Saturday 11:56 AM

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6°C, Wind SW at 24 km/h, 86% Humidity

Fulnek ( [ˈfulnɛk]; German: Fulnek) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, exactly 29,2 km south from Opava and 40 km west from Ostrava.

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Map of 742 45 Fulnek, Czechia

Interesting places- Fulnek Castle, Holy Trinity Church, Plague Column, Museum J.A.Comenius, Augustinian monastery.

History

The town was created in the time of the big colonisation of northeast Moravia and located near the well known Amber Road, important trading route connecting Mediterranean areas with Baltic sea coasts.

Through years Fulnek was a manor owned by several noble families. During a period of prosperity, acting of members of Unity of the Brethren provided high development of education. A very important representative was John Amos Comenius, who has spent there three most beautiful years of his life - as he said himself. After the defeat of Bohemian Revolt (in 1621) he had to escape from the town.

Until 1918, FULNEK was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the NEUTITSCHEIN - NOVÝ JIČÍN district, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.

In 1938, it was occupied by the Nazi army as one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. The German-speaking population was expelled in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees) and replaced by Czech settlers.

People

People from Fulnek include:

  • John Amos Comenius (1592-1670), bishop and "Father of Modern Education" served as pastor of the Unitas Fratrum in Fulnek, he was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian. In Fulnek is a Memorial of J.A.Comenius and in 1962 the area was declared a national monument.
  • Leopold Ritter von Dittel (1815 - 1898), urologist, worked in Austria
  • August Gödrich (1859 - 1942), athlete, worked in Germany
  • Arthur Grünberger (born 1882), architect, worked in Austria
  • Johann Leopold von Hay (1735–1794), Bishop of Hradec Králové
  • Franz Konwitschny, musician
  • Anna Nitschmann (1715-1760), a Moravian missionary and poet
  • Johann Joseph Thalherr (c.1730 - 1807), architect, worked in Austria, Hungary
  • Petra Kvitová, Czech professional tennis player, she spent childhood in Fulnek, 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon Champion
  • Ignác Raab
  • Jan Pustějovský, 1st international school of Ostrava

    • Nearby municipalities

  • Kunín, also Hussite/Moravian Church base, 11 km
  • Nový Jičín, 18 km
  • Odry, 8,3 km
  • Suchdol nad Odrou, 8,7 km

    • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Fulnek is twinned with:

  • Vrútky in Slovakia

    • References

    Fulnek Wikipedia
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