Vítkov (Opava District)
Vítkov is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,700 inhabitants.Administrative parts
Villages Jelenice, Klokočov, Nové Těchanovice, Podhradí, Prostřední Dvůr, Lhotka and Zálužné are administrative districts of Vítkov.History
According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 3,570 inhabitants, 3,547 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 3,544 were German-speaking. Most populous religious group were Roman Catholics with 3,513.
On April 19, 2009 arson attack with three molotovs cocktails thrown on house inhabited by a Roma family happened here.Notable people
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