title: Bolatice
text: # Bolatice
  
  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.
  
  ## Administrative parts
  
  The village of Borová is an administrative part of Bolatice.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Bolatice is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Opava and 15 km (9 mi) northwest of Ostrava. It lies in the Opava Hilly Land.
  
  ## History
  
  The first written mention of Bolatice is in a letter of Pope Innocent IV from 1250. From 1742 the village belonged to Prussia after Maria Theresa had been defeated. 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.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1869 | 1,741 | — |
  | 1880 | 1,811 | +4.0% |
  | 1890 | 1,915 | +5.7% |
  | 1900 | 2,101 | +9.7% |
  | 1910 | 2,140 | +1.9% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | 1921 | 2,375 | +11.0% |
  | 1930 | 2,487 | +4.7% |
  | 1950 | 2,495 | +0.3% |
  | 1961 | 3,256 | +30.5% |
  | 1970 | 3,398 | +4.4% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | 1980 | 3,892 | +14.5% |
  | 1991 | 4,177 | +7.3% |
  | 2001 | 4,134 | −1.0% |
  | 2011 | 4,341 | +5.0% |
  | 2021 | 4,374 | +0.8% |
  
  Source: Censuses :
  
  ## Sights
  
  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.
  
  The Bolatice Castle was built in the Baroque style in 1724–1748. Today it houses the municipal office.
  
  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.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Adolf Theuer (1920–1947), SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes
  
  ## Twin towns – sister cities
  
  Bolatice is twinned with:
  
  * Doľany, Slovakia
  * Kysucký Lieskovec, Slovakia
  * Linum (Fehrbellin), Germany
  * Nagykovácsi, Hungary
  * Rudy (Kuźnia Raciborska), Poland
  
  Bolatice also has friendly relations with Slaný in the Czech Republic.
  
  