Kobeřice
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Etymology
The name is probably derived from the personal name Kober or Jakub. According to other theories, it may be derived from the German words Korb ('basket') or Köbler (designation of a small house next to a farmhouse).[1]
Geography
Kobeřice is located about Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Opava and Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Ostrava. It lies in the Opava Hilly Land. The highest point is at Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level. The stream Oldrišovský potok flows through the municipality. The municipal territory briefly borders Poland in the north.
History
The first written mention of Kobeřice is from 1234, when the village was owned by the Hradisko Monastery in Olomouc.[1] The document that mentioned Kobeřice in 1183 was a forgery from 1236.[2]
From 1742 to 1918, after Empress Maria Theresa had been defeated, the village belonged to Prussia. In 1920, it became part of the newly established Czechoslovakia.
Demographics
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Transport
The I/46 road (the section from Opava to the Czech-Polish border in Sudice) passes through the municipality.
Sights
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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.[3]
References
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