Kojetín

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Kojetín is a Moravian town, in the Olomouc Region, the Czech Republic. It has 6,557 inhabitants.

There are multiple pre-medieval historic records documenting existence and history of Kojetín in Czech and Moravian archives.

According to undocumented, but often quoted legends [1] origins of Kojetin can be traced to the times of Samo's empire. His son, Kojata is regarded a founder of Kojetin, thus the name of the city = Kojata - Kojetin. Kojata allegedly defeated Avars at this locality and founded a settlement named Kojata, later Kojetin. There is a number of various archeological findings supporting those old legends. There are multiple pre-medieval historic records documenting existence and history of Kojetín in Czech and Moravian archives.

Local Czech historians in the past issued various theories about the above and some other "Kojata's" - most prominent being Kojata Vseborovic and Kojata Hrabisic, who was a chaplain in Olomouc in 1223.