This is another card from Czech Republic. However this postcard I have got from my great pen friend - Petra :) She sent me a postcard with the view which she sees every day :) I always want to live in this kind place :) It is a pity that we have not this kind houses and atmosphere on Polish city - or we have not that places there where I live.
The town of Velké Opatovice is situated in the middle part of Malá Haná, in so called Boskovice's furrow, below 50th parallel of the latitude.The local climate is mild, the lowest elevation is 388 metres above sea level, Hradisko, local highest hill, us 513 metres above sea level. (from here)
The first evidence of the settlement dates to 1308, when a contract shows the purchase of a town called Opatovice by the nearby Cimburk castle, today a ruin.
The 'Velké' part of the name (meaning "great") was added in 1888, and the town became a city in 1969.
The most significant estates in Velké Opatovice are those of the Vězník, Salm, and Herberštein families.
First written notes go back to 1308 when at a neighbouring castle Cimburk (ruined nowadays) was a buying contract concluded which concemed the purchase of Opatovice. Originally, Opatovice consisted of two independent parts - Horní and Dolní (Lower and Upper). Both parts developed independently till the 19th century. Since 1888 Opatovice has been called Velké Opatovice. The most important noble families who have resided at Opatovice are Věžník, Salm and Herberstein.
On 15th October 1969 Velké Opatovice obtained the status of the city.
In Velké Opatovice we can find also Cartographic Center. The centre hosts a permanent exhibition on the historical development of cartography. Subjects include the philosophy entailed in imagery of the Earth's surface on maps, and the history of the production of maps. The main auditorium displays a giant relief-map of historical Moravia and Silesia.
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