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Přerov

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Elevation
  
210 m

Local time
  
Monday 6:03 AM

Přerov httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 84% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Muzeum Komenského v Přerově, Zebracka, ORNIS, Velká laguna, Na Popovickém kopci

Přerov ( [ˈpr̝̊ɛrof]; German: Prerau) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic where the Bečva river flows through. Přerov is a statute town (2006). It had population of 47,373 as of January 2, 2008. Přerov is about 22 kilometres (14 miles) south east of Olomouc. In the past it was a major crossroads in the heart of Moravia in the Czech Republic.

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Map of Prerov, Czechia

History

The locality settlement dates back to primeval times. There is a world—renowned prehistoric site from the stone age on the mound called Hradisko in Přerov Předmostí. The oldest written reference to Přerov dates to 1133 when King Přemysl Otakar gave Přerov the privilege of being a royal town in 1256. The mansion of Přerov, built in place of the former castle, was a residence of an influential house, the house of Pernstejn and Žerotín, from which Charles the Elder of Žerotín significantly influenced the town.

In June 1945, during the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 71 men, 120 women and 74 children were killed in a massacre of the German population.

German terrorism in Bohemia and Moravia peaked in Spring 1945 sparking a Czech uprising started in Přerov, Moravia which then spread through the whole country after the murder of 78,154 Czech Jews and 340,000 Czech citizens during the German occupation.

In Přerov there is a of College of logistics, an affiliate of Tomas Bata University Zlin. The helicopter air force is based in Přerov. Currently, Přerov is the social, administrative and cultural centre of the District with developing economics.

The villages Předmostí, Lověšice, Kozlovice, Dluhonice, Újezdec, Čekyně, Henčlov, Lýsky, Popovice, Vinary, Žeravice and Penčice are administrative parts of Přerov.

People of Přerov

  • Karel Janoušek (1893–1971), during World War I - Czechoslovak legions, during World War II - organized the creation of the Czechoslovak air force units in the Royal Air Force, the British granted him the rank of air marshal
  • Josef Baják (1906–1980), sculptor
  • David Svancer (born 1983), statistician
  • Jan Blahoslav (1523–1571), developer of Czech grammar
  • Abraham Placzek (1799–1884), chief rabbi of Moravia from 1847 to 1851
  • Edouard Borovansky (1902–1959), ballet dancer
  • Tomáš Cigánek (born 1978), footballer
  • Jarda Dokoupil (born 1981), agent of positive change
  • Ctislav Doseděl (born 1970), professional tennis player
  • Ida Ehre (1900–1989), actor and theatre director and manager
  • Jani Galik (born 1984), footballer
  • Jiřina Hauková (1919–2005), poet and translator
  • Pavel Hobza (born 1946), outstanding scientist in the field of computational chemistry, one of the world's most cited chemists
  • Josef Hrabal (born 1985), ice hockey player
  • Vladimír Hučín (born 1952), political prisoner, secret service agent, honorary citizen of Prerov
  • Josef Kainar (1917–1971), poet
  • Gideon Klein (1919–1945), composer and pianist
  • Eliška Kleinová (1912–1999), pianist and music educator
  • Tomáš Kundrátek (born 1989), ice hockey player
  • Pavel Novák (1944-2009), singer and musician
  • Franz Petrasch (1744–1820) general in the Habsburg military during the French Revolutionary Wars
  • Karel Plíhal (born 1958), singer and musician
  • Petr Ruman (born 1976), footballer
  • Kateřina Sokolová (born 1989), Miss World contestant
  • František Šolc (1920–1996), French hornist and horn teacher
  • Vilém Tauský (1910–2004), conductor and composer
  • Rudolf Weigl (1883–1957), biologist
  • Jaroslav Wykrent (born 1943), musician
  • Liane Zimbler (1892–1987), architect
  • Marek Mikeš (1369 - 1450), famous river pirate, worked with Adam Čermák
  • Adam Vondra (1920 - 1983), strongest man of protectorat Bohemia and Moravia
  • StanOn98 (born 1998), famous YouTuber, linked with Minecraft PE

    • Sport

  • HC Zubr Přerov - ice hockey club
  • Sokol HC Přerov - handball club
  • Zubr Cup - tennis tournament
  • Autoklub Přerov - motor sports club

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Přerov is twinned with:

    References

    Přerov Wikipedia
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