Vojkovice (Frýdek-Místek District)

Vojkovice
Vojkovice
Municipality
	Municipal office
	Flag Coat of arms
	Vojkovice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°40′56″N 18°28′5″E / 49.68222°N 18.46806°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1584
Area
• Total	4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Population (2023-01-01)
• Total	775
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 51
Website	www.vojkovice.eu

Vojkovice (German: Wojkowitz, Polish: Wojkowice) is a municipality and village in the Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Geography[edit]

Vojkovice is located about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Frýdek-Místek and 18 km (11 mi) southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The Lučina River flows through the municipality.

History[edit]

Vojkovice was founded around 1500, certainly before 1520. The first written mention is from 1573, when it was part of Frýdek state country. The inhabitants subsisted mainly on weaving, agriculture, and hauling merchant carts up the hills.^[2]

After World War I and the fall of Austria-Hungary, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. In March 1939, it became a part of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. After World War II, it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

Transport[edit]

The D48 motorway (part of the European route E462) from Frýdek-Místek to Český Těšín passes through the southern part of the municipality.

Sights[edit]

Vojkovice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi from the 18th century.^[3]

Notable people[edit]

Lubomír Pokluda (born 1958), footballer

References[edit]

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Vojkovice. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Vojkovice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.

[2] "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Vojkovice. Retrieved 2022-03-03.

[3] "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Vojkovice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

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