Kobeřice | |
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 Centre of Kobeřice | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Kobeřice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates:49°59′8″N18°3′8″E / 49.98556°N 18.05222°E /49.98556; 18.05222 | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Opava |
| First mentioned | 1234 |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.15 km2 (6.62 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 247 m (810 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 3,204 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 747 27 |
| Website | www |
Kobeřice (German:Köberwitz,Polish:Kobierzyce) is a municipality and village inOpava District in theMoravian-Silesian Region of theCzech Republic. It has about 3,200 inhabitants. It is part of the historicHlučín Region.
The name is probably derived from the personal name Kober or Jakub. According to other theories, it may be derived from the German wordsKorb ('basket') orKöbler (designation of a small house next to a farmhouse).[2]
Kobeřice is located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) northeast ofOpava and 23 km (14 mi) northwest ofOstrava. It lies in theOpava Hilly Land. The highest point is at 313 m (1,027 ft) above sea level. The stream Oldrišovský potok flows through the municipality. The municipal territory briefly borders Poland in the north.
The first written mention of Kobeřice is from 1234, when the village was owned by the Hradisko Monastery inOlomouc.[2] The document that mentioned Kobeřice in 1183 was a forgery from 1236.[3]
From 1742 to 1918, after EmpressMaria Theresa had been defeated, the village belonged toPrussia. In 1920, it became part of the newly establishedCzechoslovakia.
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The I/46 road (the section from Opava to the Czech-Polish border inSudice) passes through the municipality.
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The main landmark of Kobeřice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1896, when it replaced an old wooden church from 1711.[6]
