Jakartovice


Jakartovice is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
WWW jakartovice.cz

Administrative division

Jakartovice consists of four municipal parts :
  • Jakartovice
  • Bohdanovice
  • Deštné
  • Hořejší Kunčice

Geography

Jakartovice is located about west of Opava and west of Ostrava. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník range. The highest point is at above sea level. The southern municipal border is formed by the Kružberk Reservoir, built on the Moravice River.

History

The first written mention of Jakartovice is from 1250. Bohdanovice was first mentioned in 1265, Deštné at the beginning of the 14th century and Hořejší Kunčice in 1403.
In 1974 the villages of Bohdanovice, Deštné, Hořejší Kunčice, and the territory of former villages of Kerhartice and Medlice were joined to Jakartovice and since then they make up one municipality.

Transport

The I/46 road from Olomouc to Opava passes through the municipality.
Jakartovice is located on the railway line Opava–Svobodné Heřmanice, but trains run on it only on weekends and holidays during the summer season.

Sights

The most valuable buildings are the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, built in the Baroque style in 1755, and the complex of historic buildings in Deštné – the Baroque Deštné Castle from the 18th century with a park, and the Gothic Church of the Visitation of Our Lady from the second half of the 14th century.