Tovačov
Tovačov | ||
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Chateau in Tovačov | ||
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Country | Czech Republic | |
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Region | Olomouc | |
District | Přerov | |
Commune | Přerov | |
Municipality | Kojetín | |
Elevation | 201 m (659 ft) | |
Coordinates | CZ 49°25′N 17°17′E / 49.417°N 17.283°ECoordinates: CZ 49°25′N 17°17′E / 49.417°N 17.283°E | |
Area | 22.75 km2 (8.78 sq mi) | |
Population | 2,616 (2006-07-03) | |
Density | 115 / km2 (298 / sq mi) | |
First mentioned | 1203 | |
Mayor | Leon Bouchal | |
Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | |
- summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Postal code | 751 01 | |
Location in the Czech Republic
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Wikimedia Commons: Tovačov | ||
Statistics: statnisprava.cz | ||
Website: www.tovacov.cz | ||
Tovačov (German: Tobitschau) is a town in the Přerov District, Moravia, in the Czech Republic.
People
- Christoph Erler, organ builder, lived and died here
- Gottfried Fritsch (c.1706, Silesia – 1750, here), a sculptor, lived and died here
- Arnošt Förchtgott (Tovačovský), "Bohaboj" (1825, here – 1874, Vienna), a Moravian composer, conductor and singer (baritone)
- Sidonie Grünwald-Zerkowitz, née Zerkowitz (1852, here –1907, Karlsbad), a Jewish writer, poet, translator and fashion designer
- Klement Slavický (1910, here –1999), composer
- Ctibor Tobischau von Cimburg, Czech: Ctibor (II.) Tovačovský z Cimburka (c.1438, here – 1494, here), a legal scholar, a member of the Lords of Cimburg und Tobitschau, since 1469 a Governor of Moravia, and Lord Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia (German: Oberstkanzler, 1471–9)
- Antonín Vysloužil (1890, here – 1945), a Czech Catholic priest
External links
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