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23-492: The first written mention of Jistebník is from 1373. This Moravian-Silesian Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region ( Czech : Moravskoslezský kraj ; Polish : Kraj morawsko-śląski ; Slovak : Moravsko-sliezsky kraj ) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic . Before May 2001, it

46-446: A lot of either newly planted or preserved forests of European beech , which in the past covered most of the mountains. The PLA is typical by its mosaic of forests and highland meadows and pastures with hamlets scattered throughout all the mountains. In recent years bear and wolf sighting have become more frequent. Altogether, 125 small, protected nature areas cover an area of 52 km or 20 sq mi. The most notable of them

69-403: Is 222 inhabitants per km , which is the second-highest in the country, after the capital Prague. Most of the population is urban, with 59% living in towns with over 20,000 inhabitants. The average age of the population in the region was 42.7 in 2019. The table shows cities and towns in the region with the largest population (as of 1 January 2024): The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region

92-671: Is defined by its borders. Moravian Gate The Moravian Gate ( Czech : Moravská brána , Polish : Brama Morawska , German : Mährische Pforte , Slovak : Moravská brána ) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland . It is formed by the depression between the Carpathian Mountains in the east and

115-712: Is in Studénka , and the Mining Museum and the former Michal Mine ( Důl Michal ) are in Ostrava. Until 2000, the current region did not exist as such, but was organized as part of a larger administrative unit called the North Moravian Region. Six of its districts, Bruntál, Frýdek-Místek, Karviná, Nový Jičín, Opava, and Ostrava, were in 2000 put into the newly established Moravian-Silesian Region. The old North Moravian Region still exists and jurisdiction of some administrative bodies

138-633: Is one of the region's many castle ruins, known for a musical festival dedicated to the composer Leoš Janáček , who was born there. Another well-known castle ruin is Sovinec under the Hrubý Jeseníks. Due to the importance of industry in the region, many museums display products of local technical development. The Automobile Museum in Kopřivnice exhibits the history of the Tatra cars , The Train Carriage Museum

161-483: Is the largest Czech PLA. It lies in the south-east of the region, along the Slovakian boundary. In the north, the mountains rise steeply from the Ostrava basin, to the south their elevation and severity decreases. Most of the area is forested, mainly by Norway spruce plantations, which are not indigenous to the area. Many of these were severely damaged by emissions from the Ostrava industrial region. There are, however, also

184-445: Is the lime Šipka Cave near Štramberk , where remnants of a Neanderthal man were discovered in the late 19th century. There are three towns with protected historical centers. Příbor , the birthplace of Sigmund Freud , was an important center of education for northern Moravia from the 17th century to the first half of the 20th. Nový Jičín , founded under the castle of Starý Jičín , has a well-preserved central square dating back to

207-472: Is the place with the highest annual rainfall in the Czech Republic, 1,500 mm (100 in) a year. The mountains are heavily forested and serve as a holiday resort for the industrial north. Three large landscape protected areas and a number of smaller nature reserves are in the region. The countryside is mostly man-made, but five natural parks with preserved natural scenery exist. The Jeseníky PLA (with an area of 745 km or 288 sq mi) lies in

230-822: The Amber Road from the Baltic to the Adriatic coast, as well as roads from the Czech lands to Upper Silesia and Lesser Poland . Today the D1 highway leads from the Moravian capital Brno to Ostrava , the centre of the Moravian-Silesian Region . Further to the north the road reaches the border with Poland near the town of Racibórz and Wodzisław Śląski . The Austrian Northern Railway built in 1847 from Vienna to Bohumín also traverses

253-704: The Sudetes in the west. The drainage divide between the upper Oder river and the Baltic Sea in the north and the Bečva River of the Danube basin runs through it. It stretches from Moravia towards Czech Silesia north-eastward in the length of about 50 km (31 mi) and is bordered by the confluence of the Olza and the Odra ( Oder ) rivers in the north. Its crest is located between

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276-530: The 14th century, with the Žerotínský château nearby. Štramberk is a unique small town nestled in a valley between lime hills, with many timber houses and the Trúba Spire rising on a hill above the town. Many castles and châteaus are in the region, the most famous being Hradec nad Moravicí , Raduň, Kravaře , and Fulnek . Hukvaldy , in a village of the same name under the Moravian-Silesian Beskids,

299-707: The Jeseník mountains. Also, a few peat moors are found there, which are otherwise nonexistent in Moravia. The Poodří PLA (81.5 km or 31.5 sq mi) lies in the Moravian Gate, in close proximity to the region's capital Ostrava, on the banks of the meandering Odra. It is an area of floodplain forests (one of the last preserved in Central Europe), flooded meadows, and many shallow ponds, on which water birds thrive. The Beskydy PLA (1,160 km or 450 sq mi)

322-606: The east. It is a highly industrialized region, its capital Ostrava was actually called the "Steel Heart of the Republic". In addition, it has several mountainous areas where the landscape is relatively preserved. Nowadays, the economy of the region benefits from its location in the Czech/Polish/Slovak borderlands. Traditionally, the region has been divided into six districts ( Czech : okresy ) which still exist as regional units, though most administration has been shifted to

345-412: The highest mountain of the region (and all Moravia), Praděd , rising 1,491 metres (4,892 ft). The mountains are heavily forested, with many spectacular places and famous spas such as Karlova Studánka and Jeseník , so are very popular with tourists. Also, several ski resorts are there, including Červenohorské Sedlo and Ovčárna, with long-lasting snow cover. The Hrubý Jeseník mountains slowly merge into

368-450: The mountain range of the same name in the north east of the region. The terrain is very diverse, with steep slopes and deep valleys. About 80%t of the area is forested, mostly by secondary plantations of Norway spruce , which were seriously damaged by industrial emissions. Due to local weather conditions, the tree line in the area descends to 1,200–1,300 m (3,900–4,300 ft). Alpine meadows can be found in particularly low elevations in

391-538: The municipalities with extended competence and the municipalities with commissioned local authority. (There are a total of 300 municipalities (39 are towns).) Since 1 January 2003, the region has been divided into 22 municipalities with extended competence, which took over most of the administration of the former district authorities. Some of these are further divided into municipalities with commissioned local authority. They are unofficially named little districts ( Czech : malé okresy ). They are: The total population of

414-556: The population lives. The region's heavy industry, which has been in decline for the last decade, is located there, too, benefiting from huge deposits of hard coal. The confluence of the Odra and Olza is the lowest point of the region, at 195 m. To the south-east, towards the Slovakian border, the landscape sharply rises into the Moravian-Silesian Beskids , with its highest mountain Lysá hora at 1,323 m (4,341 ft), which

437-486: The region was 1,203,292 (men 49.1%, women 50.9%) in 2019, which makes it the third most populous region in the Czech Republic; 86.9% are Czechs , 3.3% Slovaks , 3.0% Poles , 2.3% Moravians , 0.8% Silesians , 0.3% Germans , and 0.2% Romani , though this last figure might be considerably higher, as Romani often do not officially admit their ethnicity. Around 40.2% of the population is religious, mostly Roman Catholic, while 52.3% declares as atheist. The population density

460-570: The rolling hills of the Nízký Jeseníks and Oderské Vrchy, rising to 800 m at Slunečná and 680 m at Fidlův Kopec, respectively. To the east, the landscape gradually descends into the Moravian Gate valley with the Bečva and Oder Rivers. The former flows to the south-west, the latter to the north-east, where the terrain spreads into the flat Ostrava Basin and Opava Hilly Land, where most of

483-514: The villages of Olšovec and Bělotín at 310 m (1,020 ft). Its average altitude is 270 metres (890 ft). Because of its low altitude, the Moravian Gate has since ancient times been a natural pass between the Sudetes ( Oderské vrchy range) in the northwest and the Western Carpathians ( Moravian-Silesian Beskids ) in the southeast. Here ran the most important trade routes, such as

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506-575: Was 19.6 billion € in 2018, accounting for 9.5% of Czech economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 23,000 € or 76% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 74% of the EU average. The geography of the region varies considerably, comprising many land forms from lowlands to high mountains whose summits lie above the tree line. In the west lie the Hrubý Jeseník mountains, with

529-606: Was called the Ostrava Region ( Czech : Ostravský kraj ). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most of the Czech part of the historical region of Silesia . The region borders the Olomouc Region to the west and the Zlín Region to the south. It also borders two other countries – Poland ( Opole and Silesian Voivodeships ) to the north and Slovakia ( Žilina Region ) to

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