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Ostrava (Czech pronunciation: ⓘ; Polish: Ostrawa; German: Ostrau) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies 15 km (9 mi) from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava, Ostravice and Lučina.
The National Meteorological Institute was established in 1919 shortly after Czechoslovakia was established at the end of World War I.On 1 January 1954, the National Meteorological Institute was united with the hydrology service and the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute was established.
Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region ... Due to local weather conditions, the tree line in the area descends to 1,200–1,300 m (3,900–4,300 ft ...
Floods in the Czechia began on 13 September after heavy rain. [18] As of 15 September, over 200 rivers were reported to have spilled over their banks. [ 19 ] The most critical situation was in Silesia and Northern Moravia , especially in the region of the Jeseníky mountains, followed by Northeast Moravia where thousands of people had to be ...
Ostrava is the economic centre of the entire Moravian-Silesian Region. With only one exception, all the largest employers with headquarters in Ostrava-City District and at least 1,000 employees have their seat in Ostrava. The largest employers with headquarters in Ostrava and at least 1,500 employees are: [6]
North Moravian Region (Severomoravský kraj) with the capital in Ostrava; According to the Act no. 129/2000 Coll. ("Law on Regions"), which implements Chapter VII of the Czech Constitution, the Czech Republic is divided into thirteen regions and one capital city with regional status as of 1 January 2000. [4]
The highest population density is in the larger metropolitan area of Ostrava and of course in the area around the capital of Prague. The lowest population density is in the Czech-German and Czech-Austrian borderlands, mostly as a lasting result of the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after the World War II .
The Ostrava metropolitan area (Czech: Ostravská metropolitní oblast) is the metropolitan area with the city of Ostrava in the Czech Republic at its center. The Ostrava urban area is the largest urban area in the metropolitan area with a population of 365,000. [3] The metropolitan area has over 81% of the population of the Moravian-Silesian ...