Háj ve Slezsku
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Háj on the map.
Háj ve Slezsku (IPA: [ˈɦa:j ˈvɛslɛskʊ]), meaning grove in the Silesia, is a small town between Opava and Ostrava – the two larger cities in the Czech Republic. It has 3,317 citizens: 1,704 women; 1,613 men; 228 girls and 237 boys under fifteen. The town has only 972 households.
[edit] History
The village was built in about 1880 in the Chabičov-town land register, and it was considered its administrative part until 1922. By the unification Chabičov and another town called Smolkov, Háj ve Slezsku officially became an independent town, and the two towns became administrative parts. Jilešovice and Lhota u Opavy were connected in 1976 and 1979, respectively.
[edit] Trivia
- The birthplace of Vladislav Vančura – a famous Czech writer.
- For several years the town has celebrated its citizens and people from surrounding areas in an annual festival called Rozmarné léto, after Vančura’s best known novel.
