| Bolatice | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Moravian-Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Opava |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.9517°N 18.0836°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1250 |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.24 |
| Elevation M: | 254 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 4501 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 747 23 |
Bolatice (German: Bolatitz, Polish: Bolacice) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region.
The village of Borová is an administrative part of Bolatice.
Bolatice is located about 12km (07miles) east of Opava and 15km (09miles) northwest of Ostrava. It lies in the Opava Hilly Land. The highest point is at 309m (1,014feet) above sea level.
The first written mention of Bolatice is in a letter of Pope Innocent IV from 1250. From 1742, after Empress Maria Theresa had been defeated, the village belonged to Prussia. The Prussian state sold Bolatice to Henn of Henneberg brothers in 1784. The new owners founded a new hamlet called Heneberky nearby in 1786. Heneberky was joined to Bolatice in 1893 and renamed Borová in 1949.[2]
Bolatice is located on a short railway line of local importance Kravaře–Chuchelná.[3]
The Church of Saint Stanislaus belongs to the main landmarks of Bolatice. It is a large church, built in 1703 and extended in 1911–1912.[4]
The Bolatice Castle was built in the Baroque style in 1724–1748. Today it houses the municipal office.[5]
In 2002, the Open-air Museum of Folk Traditions and Crafts was built by the citizens of Bolatice, who donated most of the exhibits to the museum. The museum presents the life and equipment of a traditional rural house in the 19th and early 20th centuries.[6]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Bolatice is twinned with:[7]
Doľany, Slovakia Kysucký Lieskovec, Slovakia
Nagykovácsi, Hungary
Rudy (Kuźnia Raciborska), PolandBolatice also has friendly relations with Slaný in the Czech Republic.[8]