Havirov

Havířov straddles the Lučina River in the Ostrava Basin of the Moravian-Silesian Region, and its position beside the former coalfield shaped it into a planned postwar city for mining families. Founded in 1955, it is among Czechia’s youngest cities, created from several older settlements rather than grown around a medieval core. The central district preserves a notable ensemble of 1950s socialist-realist architecture, with broad streets, civic buildings and green spaces reflecting the ambitions of that era. The Beskydy foothills rise to the south, while Ostrava’s industrial landscape lies nearby. See how Havířov fits within the Moravian-Silesian Region by browsing webcams nearby.

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