In the Czech Republic, a statutory city is a municipal corporation that has been granted city status by Act of Parliament. It is more prestigious than the simple title město, which can be awarded by t
Prague, capital of the Czech Republic
Brno
Ostrava
Plzeň
Olomouc
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Olomouc is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 105,000 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region.
Statutory city (Czech Republic)
…common origin in Austria-Hungary. Until 1928, 11 cities in the Czech lands received the statutory city title: Prague, Liberec, Brno, Jihlava, Kroměříž, Olomouc, Uherské Hradiště, Znojmo, Opava, Frýdek, and Bielsko (which became a part of Poland in 1920). On 1 December 1928 their count was reduced to five…
Upper Square (Horní náměstí), the historic city centre (left: Holy Trinity Column; middle: Olomouc City Hall)
The Morava River in Olomouc
Lake Chomoutovské jezero
Olomouc fortress in 1686