Ostrava

Großstadt in Tschechien

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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.blank_emblem_type: Wordmark
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Moravian-Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ostrava-City
Settlement.pushpin_map: Czech Republic
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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Company

Jurisdiction: CZ
Headquarters: Ostrava, CZ

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Statutární město Ostrava
Country: Czech Republic
Located in: Ostrava-City District
Contains: Zábřeh
Population: 283187
Area: 214.229602
Elevation: 260
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Oder
Shares border with: Šenov
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
twinned administrative body: Gaziantep
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ostrava
Commons category: Ostrava
topic's main category: Category:Ostrava
category of associated people: Category:People from Ostrava
Commons gallery: Ostrava
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
category for people born here: Category:Births in 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/
historical region: Moravia
number of houses: 28000
P8168: Conrad Dietrich Magirus
different from: Ostrawa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
mean age: 43.2
category for honorary citizens of entity: Category:Honorary citizens of Ostrava
P12749: Max Deutsch

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Ostrava (deutsch Ostrau bzw. bis 1941: Mährisch Ostrau) ist eine Großstadt in Tschechien. Sie ist das Verwaltungszentrum der Mährisch-Schlesischen Region (Moravskoslezský kraj). Die Stadt liegt an der Nordostgrenze Tschechiens an der Oder, zehn Kilometer südwestlich der Grenze zu Polen und 50 Kilometer nordnordwestlich der Grenze zur Slowakei.

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