A Picturesque Village Called Hukvaldy

REGION–HUKVALDY it became the house of the master forester and the fish warden. In 1567 a brewery was established and the beer production continued here up to 1970. There were also other business founded: distillery, butcher shop, blacksmith’s workshop, cooper’s workshop and jail. After aristocratic buildings were made of stone, wooden houses were built for common people. Hukvaldy is inseparably connected also with the game enclosure, which was established in 1566 by bishop Vilém Prusinovský. A stud farm in Hukvaldy, which was founded in 1858 by cardinal Fürstenberg, got famous in 19th century. Today the rebuilt buildings are used as residential premises. A school was created from the original cooper’s workshop in 1816. Here the most famous citizen - Leoš Janáček - was born. At present, the building houses a tourist information center, a gallery, the Leoš Janáček Memorial Hall and an exhibition of the Land of Castles. The Hukvaldy castle and the nearby enclosure with fallow deers and mouflons, amphitheatre and statue of Liška Bystrouška is a historical treasure. You can also visit the Leoš Janáček Memorial or Tropic Hukvaldy - exposition of tropical plants and animals. Culture has a long tradition in the municipality. Jiří Janáček established the Society of readers and singers in 1865. Since 1948 the festival Janáčkovo hudební Lašsko took place here regularly. At present, the music festival takes place here each year under the name The Leoš Janáček International Music Festival, which continues the tradition of Janáček’s Hukvaldy festival. You can also get to know Hukvaldy by walking through one of the many nature trails that start in the Hukvaldy Centre - Janáček’s footpath, Hradní vrch, Leoš Janáček through the eyes of children and Hůrky. Text: TIC Hukvaldy Foto: Miroslav Bitter www.ic-hukvaldy.cz www.hukvaldy .eu. A birthplace of the famous composer Leoš Janáček is located mainly in the valley of the Ondřejnice river, between several hills: Sklenovské vrchy – on the western side and Přední and Zadní Babí Hora – on the eastern side. The southern natural border comprises of two hills called Hradní vrch (with the Hukvaldy castle) and Kazničov. The Hukvaldy municipality was the centre of administration of a vast dominion of the bishops of Olomouc. The castle area was founded in the mid13th century. The German aristocrate Arnold von Hückeswagen, who worked for the king Ottokar II of Bohemia, is considered to be its founder. He owned vast territories between rivers Odra and Ostravice and Beskid mountains. The court was established under the castle in 1260–1290. Outside the court there was also a traveler’s inn, mill and in the area of Podlesí there was a house for shepherds, later on POSITIV 4/2020 ǀ 97